Amy Rogers KC
Professional Summary
Called 2007 Appointed KC 2024
Contact Details
E Amy.Rogers@11kbw.com T +44 (0)20 7632 8500 Clerk Martin Pownall Clerk Harry Farrow Clerk Tori Eastwick E Contact Clerks
Amy Rogers KC practises in all areas of commercial dispute resolution, employment and public law litigation. She is recognized in the directories as “a sublime advocate” and “razor-sharp leader” with “a brain the size of a planet”.
Amy has been instructed in many of the Lawyerʼs ‘Top 20ʼ cases of recent years. Her recent workload has included the year-long fraud trial in Public Institute for Social Security v Al Rajaan & others, multiple high-profile employee poaching, restrictive covenant and misuse of confidential information claims, and commercial public law work challenging and defending regulatory decisions in multiple sectors.
Amy is recognised as a leading silk in Chambers Global, Chambers UK Bar and Legal 500. Her work is often international, working alongside overseas counsel. Amy advises and represents clients in the DIFC and QFC as well in England.
Specialisms
Commercial Dispute Resolution
Amy has a broad commercial practice, across both litigation and arbitration, with particular expertise in civil fraud, conspiracy and economic tort claims, claims involving breach of fiduciary duties, the misuse of confidential information, and shareholder disputes. Her work is often international, working alongside overseas counsel. Amy advises and represents clients in the DIFC and QFC as well in England. In addition to her general commercial practice, Amy is particularly sought after for disputes at the intersection of commercial and public or employment law.
Amy is recognised as a leading silk in Chambers Global, Chambers UK Bar and Legal 500. Her work includes: PIFSS v Al Rajaan & Others (fraud claim against 40+ defendants, under Kuwaiti and Swiss law, tried over 12 months in 2025/2026, and one of The Lawyer’s ‘Top 20’ cases in both 2020 and 2025); Aon v Howden & Others (conspiracy claim, under Brazilian and English law); Pipia v BGEO Group (conspiracy claim, re. alleged unlawful company sale); conspiracy and theft of confidential information claims in the financial services sector (multiple LCIA arbitrations); Bank Mellat v HM Treasury (sanctions litigation for an Iranian bank culminating in a Commercial Court damages claim, one of The Lawyer’s ‘Top 20’ cases in both 2015 and 2017); as well as multiple disputes involving Formula 1 racing teams; Commercial Court proceedings and multiple LCIA arbitrations in a multi-jurisdictional shareholder dispute; group litigation re. an alleged conspiracy to blacklist in the construction industry; a fraud, warranty, and earn-out dispute arising in the technology sector; litigation arising from a complex IT implementation; and multiple claims involving team poaching and unfair competition.
Employment
Amy has a particular focus on employee competition and other commercial employment litigation, including restrictive covenant disputes, team poaching and unfair competition claims, remuneration disputes, and claims involving breach of fiduciary duties and duties of confidence. Amy co-edits ‘International Employment Disputesʼ, and her work is often international, involving complex jurisdictional issues and foreign law, and working alongside overseas counsel. Amy advises and represents clients in the DIFC and QFC as well in England.
Amy is recognised as a leading silk in Chambers Global, Chambers UK Bar and Legal 500. Before taking silk, she was ranked as a ‘Star’ junior. She has been instructed in many of the most high-profile commercial employment disputes of recent years, including: Aon v Howden & Others (conspiracy and team poaching claim, under Brazilian and English law); USDAW v Tesco (injunction to restrain ‘fire and rehire’); Egon Zehnder v Tillman (the leading case as to severance in post-termination restrictions); Geys v Société Générale (the leading case as to contractual repudiation in the employment sphere); team poaching disputes including Tullett Prebon v BGC, ContiCap v GFI, Willis v JLT, Alesco v Towergate, BGC v Tradition, and Guy Carpenter v Howden; and multiple disputes involving Formula 1 racing teams.
Much of Amyʼs other recent work is confidential, including employment arbitrations.
Public & Human Rights
Amy acts in all areas of public law litigation, with particular focus on cases at the intersection of public, commercial and regulatory law, including the use of public law to protect commercial interests.
Amy is recognised as a leading silk in Chambers Global, Chambers UK Bar and Legal 500. Her work includes acting for the Iranian commercial bank Bank Mellat in its ground-breaking Supreme Court sanctions litigation; acting for OFGEM in commercial judicial review challenges to energy regulation; public law damages claims arising from cuts to subsidies in the renewable energy market; acting for the Banco Central de Venezuela at the outset of its claim to recover gold bullion from the Bank of England; acting for the Project Management Institute in its challenge to the grant of a Royal Charter to a commercial rival; acting for the Government in challenges to multiple welfare schemes including the use of retrospective legislation; and in long-running litigation as to whether the Duchy of Cornwall estate is a ‘public authority’.
Recommendations
Amy is ranked in Chambers Global and Chambers UK Bar (here); Legal 500 (here); Lexology Legal (here) and Doyle’s Guide (here).
- “She has a brain the size of a planet” (Chambers and Partners)
- “Amy Rogers is brilliant and a really good advocate” (Chambers and Partners)
- “Amy is really clever and sharp-witted. As well as being a sublime advocate, she writes really well.” (Chambers and Partners)
- “One of the best young silks in London.” (Legal 500)
- “all-round fantastic service” (Chambers and Partners)
- “really empathetic, really sharp and completely on top of her brief” (Chambers and Partners)
- “a razor sharp leader and surgical advocate” (Chambers and Partners)
- “her written arguments are a model of clarity and incisiveness” (Chambers and Partners)
- “incredibly thorough, very sharp and has huge gravitas and authority.” (Legal 500)
- “excellent on her feet, extremely hard working and a great choice as a lead counsel.” (Legal 500)
Previous directory entries include: “She is simply tremendous”, “Clients absolutely love her”, “Absolutely outstanding as an advocate, in her work product and her work ethic – no one else is comparable”, “Amy Rogers is “hard as nails”, say impressed sources, and “excellent on team moves and similar cases””, “Amy is at the very top of the tree. She out-performs virtually every Employment Silk at the bar. Her technical skills are second to none. Her work-ethic is unparalleled. Amy is also a brilliant advocate”. “Her ability to make clients understand complex issues of law is exceptional. she is extremely client friendly”, “She’s incredibly easy to work with, incredibly responsive, extremely hard-working and immensely bright”, “She is remarkable: highly intelligent, does not forget a thing and is great with the client”, “Everyone regards her as a very bright star”, “She’s universally acknowledged as being super smart and is very highly in demand”, “Every time you come away from working with her you just think, ‘Wow’”, “Very clever, has perfect client skills, never lets you down and is a match for barristers of much greater seniority”, “Her knowledge and approach to law is exceptional and unique”, “she’s just tireless in her approach and is incredibly client-friendly and sharp-witted, and would be the first person I’d call for any High Court case”, “very, very bright and very commercial”, “incredibly hard-working, tremendous judgment. She knows the law inside out and is great to work with”, “very, very bright and very commercial”, “sparklingly intelligent”, “very astute commercial judgement and is very good with clients”, “a wealth of praise from commentators”, “a charming, yet tenacious and determined litigator”, “especially adept at claims relating to conspiracy and economic torts, and proceedings addressing allegations of breach of fiduciary duty”, “superb”, “super-talented”, “highly sought after”, with “an extraordinary ability”, “absolutely fantastic”, a “real star” who is “dazzling everyone in sight”, “phenomenally bright”, “fantastically hardworking”, “extremely astute”, an “exceptional drafter”, “she just does not drop the ball”, and “clients really feel she is fighting for them”.
News, Articles & Publications
Amy co-edits ‘International Employment Disputesʼ (Sweet & Maxwell, 2019) with Daniel Oudkerk KC. She has previously contributed to Halsburyʼs Laws on Judicial Review, Supperstone, Goudie & Walker: Judicial Review, and Tolleyʼs Employment Handbook. She speaks and writes regularly on issues relating to her areas of practice.
Education
Amy studied at Cambridge University, Harvard University (as a Kennedy Scholar), City University and the Inns of Court School of Law.
