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Chief Executive, Radcliffe Chambers

Fiona is chief executive of Radcliffe Chambers an award winning chancery and commercial set based in Lincoln’s Inn. Fiona was previously a partner in a mid sized law firm which sold out to private equity. Her role latterly was in full time management.

She is also a past chair of the Association of Women Solicitors. She has been a regular commentator and writer in the media on a wide range of issues from management and strategy to compliance and career development particularly for women in the profession. 

Fiona is a member of the Legal Services Committee of the Bar Council.

Chief Operating Officer, Quadrant Chambers

Peter joined Quadrant Chambers in 2016 having worked for the previous seven years as an independent consultant, specialising in providing strategic and operational support to barristers' chambers, law firms and other professional services organisations. Before that Peter was the first Chief Operating Officer at Field Fisher Waterhouse LLP (now Fieldfisher LLP). From 2000 to 2008, he was the Deputy Under Treasurer and Director of Finance of the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple. He has an MBA from London Business School.

Peter is a former Trustee of two national charities. He is also a member of the Executive Committee of the LPMA.

Senior Associate, Forsters LLP

Maryam Oghanna is a senior associate in the contentious trusts and estates team at Forsters LLP. She advises on a broad spectrum of contentious trusts and estates matters at both domestic and international level. She has represented a variety of clients across multiple jurisdictions, including both private individuals and professionals. Prior to joining Forsters, Maryam spent five years as an associate in the dispute resolution team at Herbert Smith Freehills, where she did a mix of commercial and private client work.

Wilberforce Chambers

Marcia is a leading practitioner in all aspects of contentious and non-contentious insolvency, company and partnership law as well as commercial litigation.. The leading directories have recommended her for many years in insolvency, company and commercial litigation.  She leads the insolvency team at Wilberforce Chambers and is also a senior consultant in the restructuring team at McDermott Will & Emery LLP.

Marcia is a member of the BSB’s taskforce on “Achieving Racial Equality at the Bar”. She was chair (2016-2019) of the Equality and Diversity sub-committee of the Chancery Bar Association and in that capacity led the research which culminated in her ground-breaking 2021 report “Voices of Women at the Chancery Bar”.

Marcia sits in the High Court as a Deputy Insolvency and Companies Judge. She is also an active provider of talks and seminars and sits on the editorial board of Lexis PSL for insolvency.

Marcia is a contributing editor to Kerr & Hunter “Receivers and Administrators” (Sweet & Maxwell, 20th Edition).

Chambers Director, St Philips Chambers

Joe is Chambers Director at St Philips Barristers and 2022 Conference Chair for the Institute of Barristers’ Clerks. Joe started his career in the Judicial Appointments Division of the Lord Chancellor’s Department where he assisted in appointments to the High Court Bench, Circuit Bench as well as to the ranks of Queen’s Counsel (now King’s Counsel) and Recordership.
 
He started his clerking career in 1998 at a well-known common law set of chambers in London where he quickly rose to the rank of First Junior. In 2001 Joe made the move to Birmingham to join St Philips Chambers and within six months, and at the age of 25, he was appointed Senior Criminal and Regulatory Clerk where he went on to co-manage two mergers. In 2010 he was appointed to the role of Chief Clerk, where he had responsibility for all practice groups and clerking generally. 
 
As Chambers Director Joe chairs various committees in chambers, including the management team, executive team and the strategy committee whose job it is to identify and proactively adapt to changes in legislation, funding and alternative business structures.
 
Joe was shortlisted for ‘CEO of the Year’ in the 2022 Legal 500 Awards.