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Antony White QC
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Antony White KC

"Antony is practical and authoritative."

Chambers & Partners 2023
Called: 1983
Silk: 2001
Called (Northern Ireland): 2016

Antony’s principal areas of practice are media and information law with a particular emphasis on privacy and data protection, and commercial law and arbitration.

Antony combines an intellectual approach with a relaxed and user-friendly manner.

A leading silk in the area of media and information law, Antony has particular expertise in privacy and data protection, and also handles defamation and breach of confidence cases. He is regularly instructed in cutting edge cases in this area by tech companies, print and online publishers, broadcasters and other media organisations.

In the commercial field, his most recent cases have included commercial confidentiality, tech industry disputes, fraud and asset tracing, conflicts of laws and jurisdiction, commercial agency, foreign government guarantees, and an increasing number of heavy international arbitrations.

Contributor to Information Rights, Ed. Coppel, Fifth Edn (Hart, 2020)

Privacy and Trade Unions sections, Bullen & Leake & Jacobs Precedents of Pleadings, 19th edition (Sweet and Maxwell, 2019)

Administrative Law chapter of Civil Appeals edited by Sir Michael Burton, 2nd edn (2013)

Co-author, Privacy and The Media – The Developing Law (Matrix, 2002)

Contributor to The Freedom of Information Handbook, Ed. Carey

Contributor to Enforcing Contracts in Transition Economies (EBRD/BIICL, 2005)

Antony is committed to protecting and respecting individual’s privacy where and to the extent appropriate. In order to provide legal services to his clients, including advice, drafting and representation services, Antony needs to collect and hold personal data. This includes his client’s personal data and the personal data of others who feature in the disputes and other matters upon which he is instructed. To read Antony’s privacy notice in full, please see here.

Antony is regulated by the Bar Standards Board and accepts instructions under Standard Contractual Terms. To find out more information on this and the way we work at Matrix, including our fee transparency statement, please see our see our service standards.

DIRECTORY RECOMMENDATIONS

"His written and oral advocacy are absolutely first rate - he is calm, measured, and analytically and intellectually incisive, yet has an easily accessible and persuasive style."

Legal 500, 2024, Commercial Litigation

"He is calm, measured, analytical, intellectually incisive, and has an accessible and persuasive style."

Legal 500, 2024, Data Protection

"He's the kind of barrister you're lucky to get on your case; he works in all the big cases in the area. He's polite, decisive, realistic and an extremely strong advocate." "He's extremely calm, ordered and very easy to work with. He is incredibly sharp, knows the law inside out and has very good judgement in terms of how to present arguments." "His intellect is terrifying and his advocacy is unrivalled. He is a brilliant all-round lawyer." "He's strong across the board."

Chambers & Partners, 2024, Data Protection

"He is the one to instruct. His written advice is incredibly clear and he is very good in court." "His advice is mesmerising." "His intellect is terrifying, advocacy is unrivalled, he is a brilliant all-round lawyer. He is great."

Chambers & Partners, 2024, Defamation & Privacy

"A fantastic advocate." "Antony White is extremely personable and persuasive - a very skilled advocate."

Chambers & Partners, 2024, Group Litigation

"Antony is practical and authoritative."

Chambers & Partners, 2023, Defamation & Privacy

"Antony is super smart and very good at taking apart the other side on cross-examination in a quiet and very forensic way." "He has encyclopaedic knowledge of the law and is a joy to work with."

Chambers & Partners, 2023, Group Litigation

"He has exceptional experience of privacy and data security litigation cases, and has a detailed understanding of the underlying commercial and technological issues."

Chambers & Partners, 2023, Commercial Litigation

"Antony is absolutely brilliant to work with and is excellent. He's super for data protection matters and is really highly thought of." "Antony cannot be faulted in any area. He is a very strong senior counsel across the board in this practice area."

Chambers & Partners, 2023, Data Protection

"Very strong data privacy lawyer, very much at the top of this field."

Legal 500, 2023, Data Protection

"Antony is the doyen of complex defamation and privacy matters. His encyclopaedic knowledge of fraud is an essential ingredient for picking him in the high profile difficult matters in defamation, data protection and privacy matters. He is exceptional and a pleasure to deal with."

Legal 500, 2023, Defamation & Privacy

"Fabulous on strategy and tactics; a great advocate; delightful to work with."

Legal 500, 2023, Group Litigation

"Extremely calm, user-friendly, insightful, knowledgeable and commercial in his advice. An excellent all-round advocate and strategist."

Legal 500, 2023, Media and Entertainment

"He is an excellent advocate, has a very good feel for judges and is trusted by courts. He is very easy to work with. A real team player. Straightforward. Diligent."

Legal 500, 2023, Commercial Litigation

"He is a very talented advocate and a fantastic practitioner in the area." "He is hugely experienced and has great gravitas."

Chambers & Partners, 2022, Group Litigation

"An excellent advocate, who is very succinct and very straightforward in his submissions. Antony is trusted by judges and has a good feel for cases and how tribunals might be thinking. He also understands how to work in a team."

Chambers & Partners, 2022, Commercial Dispute Resolution

"He is the best on complex media and data protection disputes." "He's very client-friendly, has a great manner and is a really great advocate." "He's superb: he has encyclopedic knowledge of privacy and data protection but at the same time is able to approach problems from a pragmatic perspective."

Chambers & Partners, 2022, Data Protection

"The very best QC for data privacy work. He's doing all the leading cases and is a dream to work with."

Legal 500, 2022, Data Protection

"Antony is a very strong advocate, very clear in his advice and very personable."

Legal 500, 2022, Defamation & Privacy

"Antony is just the best of the best. His knowledge of data protection law is incredible and he has been involved in many of the cutting edge media cases of recent years. You really cannot go wrong working with Antony."

Legal 2022, Media and Entertainment (Including Art and Cultural Property)

"Very intelligent, strategic, easy to work with, good with clients and crisp and authoritative in advocacy. A gem."

Legal 500, 2022, Commercial Litigation

"Extraordinarily clever and knows how to deliver difficult messages in exactly the right way."

"There are a number of barristers specialising in traditional media torts, and there are now a number of data protection specialists, too. However, there are not many who are genuinely expert in both fields. Antony White QC is one."

"Exceptional on all fronts, an excellent advocate in the courtroom but equally skilled at providing clear advice to clients on complex areas of law."

"A superb forensic advocate and a great team player."

"Incredibly persuasive, great at winning clients’ trust and brilliant in Court."

"One of the best all-round barristers."

"First class in terms of service, and on-point and concise in his legal analysis."

"An extraordinary talent with an incredible brain."

"A strategic thinker of the highest calibre."

"Manages to make complex matters simple and knows the various legal regimes like the back of his hand." "He is great at finding the way forward in very difficult cases."

"He is fantastically bright and a pleasure to work with."

"A very likeable, modern and easy to use silk."

"Antony is a strategic thinker of the highest calibre. Excellent on his feet, he is also user-friendly."

"He just gets it – he is a genius and very thoughtful."

"He’s wonderful, a truly gifted advocate and a complete delight."

"Really unbelievably intelligent."

"He provides extremely clever arguments and unique viewpoints on cutting-edge cases."

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+44 (0)20 7404 3447
Antony White QC
Called: 1983
|
Silk: 2001
|
Called (Northern Ireland): 2016

"Antony is practical and authoritative."

Chambers & Partners 2023

MAIN AREAS OF PRACTICE

  • International Arbitration
  • Commercial Law
  • Civil Liberties and Human Rights
  • Media and Information Law
  • Data Protection
  • Defamation and Privacy
  • Private International Law
  • Public International Law
  • Public Law
  • Commercial Public Law

Antony White KC

Contact Antony: antonywhite@matrixlaw.co.uk | +44 (0)20 7404 3447

Contact Antony's Practice Team (Team X): TeamX@matrixlaw.co.uk


Antony’s principal areas of practice are media and information law with a particular emphasis on privacy and data protection, and commercial law and arbitration.

Antony combines an intellectual approach with a relaxed and user-friendly manner.

Media and Information Law

A leading silk in the area of media and information law, Antony has particular expertise in privacy and data protection, and also handles defamation and breach of confidence cases. He is regularly instructed in cutting edge cases in this area by tech companies, print and online publishers, broadcasters and other media organisations.

Commercial Law

In the commercial field, his most recent cases have included commercial confidentiality, tech industry disputes, fraud and asset tracing, conflicts of laws and jurisdiction, commercial agency, foreign government guarantees, and an increasing number of heavy international arbitrations.

Publications

Contributor to Information Rights, Ed. Coppel, Fifth Edn (Hart, 2020)

Privacy and Trade Unions sections, Bullen & Leake & Jacobs Precedents of Pleadings, 19th edition (Sweet and Maxwell, 2019)

Administrative Law chapter of Civil Appeals edited by Sir Michael Burton, 2nd edn (2013)

Co-author, Privacy and The Media – The Developing Law (Matrix, 2002)

Contributor to The Freedom of Information Handbook, Ed. Carey

Contributor to Enforcing Contracts in Transition Economies (EBRD/BIICL, 2005)


Antony's Privacy Notice

Antony is committed to protecting and respecting individual’s privacy where and to the extent appropriate. In order to provide legal services to his clients, including advice, drafting and representation services, Antony needs to collect and hold personal data. This includes his client’s personal data and the personal data of others who feature in the disputes and other matters upon which he is instructed. To read Antony’s privacy notice in full, please see here.


DIRECTORY RECOMMENDATIONS

"His written and oral advocacy are absolutely first rate - he is calm, measured, and analytically and intellectually incisive, yet has an easily accessible and persuasive style."

Legal 500, 2024, Commercial Litigation

"He is calm, measured, analytical, intellectually incisive, and has an accessible and persuasive style."

Legal 500, 2024, Data Protection

"He's the kind of barrister you're lucky to get on your case; he works in all the big cases in the area. He's polite, decisive, realistic and an extremely strong advocate." "He's extremely calm, ordered and very easy to work with. He is incredibly sharp, knows the law inside out and has very good judgement in terms of how to present arguments." "His intellect is terrifying and his advocacy is unrivalled. He is a brilliant all-round lawyer." "He's strong across the board."

Chambers & Partners, 2024, Data Protection

"He is the one to instruct. His written advice is incredibly clear and he is very good in court." "His advice is mesmerising." "His intellect is terrifying, advocacy is unrivalled, he is a brilliant all-round lawyer. He is great."

Chambers & Partners, 2024, Defamation & Privacy

"A fantastic advocate." "Antony White is extremely personable and persuasive - a very skilled advocate."

Chambers & Partners, 2024, Group Litigation

"Antony is practical and authoritative."

Chambers & Partners, 2023, Defamation & Privacy

"Antony is super smart and very good at taking apart the other side on cross-examination in a quiet and very forensic way." "He has encyclopaedic knowledge of the law and is a joy to work with."

Chambers & Partners, 2023, Group Litigation

"He has exceptional experience of privacy and data security litigation cases, and has a detailed understanding of the underlying commercial and technological issues."

Chambers & Partners, 2023, Commercial Litigation

"Antony is absolutely brilliant to work with and is excellent. He's super for data protection matters and is really highly thought of." "Antony cannot be faulted in any area. He is a very strong senior counsel across the board in this practice area."

Chambers & Partners, 2023, Data Protection

"Very strong data privacy lawyer, very much at the top of this field."

Legal 500, 2023, Data Protection

"Antony is the doyen of complex defamation and privacy matters. His encyclopaedic knowledge of fraud is an essential ingredient for picking him in the high profile difficult matters in defamation, data protection and privacy matters. He is exceptional and a pleasure to deal with."

Legal 500, 2023, Defamation & Privacy

"Fabulous on strategy and tactics; a great advocate; delightful to work with."

Legal 500, 2023, Group Litigation

"Extremely calm, user-friendly, insightful, knowledgeable and commercial in his advice. An excellent all-round advocate and strategist."

Legal 500, 2023, Media and Entertainment

"He is an excellent advocate, has a very good feel for judges and is trusted by courts. He is very easy to work with. A real team player. Straightforward. Diligent."

Legal 500, 2023, Commercial Litigation

"He is a very talented advocate and a fantastic practitioner in the area." "He is hugely experienced and has great gravitas."

Chambers & Partners, 2022, Group Litigation

"An excellent advocate, who is very succinct and very straightforward in his submissions. Antony is trusted by judges and has a good feel for cases and how tribunals might be thinking. He also understands how to work in a team."

Chambers & Partners, 2022, Commercial Dispute Resolution

"He is the best on complex media and data protection disputes." "He's very client-friendly, has a great manner and is a really great advocate." "He's superb: he has encyclopedic knowledge of privacy and data protection but at the same time is able to approach problems from a pragmatic perspective."

Chambers & Partners, 2022, Data Protection

"The very best QC for data privacy work. He's doing all the leading cases and is a dream to work with."

Legal 500, 2022, Data Protection

"Antony is a very strong advocate, very clear in his advice and very personable."

Legal 500, 2022, Defamation & Privacy

"Antony is just the best of the best. His knowledge of data protection law is incredible and he has been involved in many of the cutting edge media cases of recent years. You really cannot go wrong working with Antony."

Legal 2022, Media and Entertainment (Including Art and Cultural Property)

"Very intelligent, strategic, easy to work with, good with clients and crisp and authoritative in advocacy. A gem."

Legal 500, 2022, Commercial Litigation

"Extraordinarily clever and knows how to deliver difficult messages in exactly the right way."

"There are a number of barristers specialising in traditional media torts, and there are now a number of data protection specialists, too. However, there are not many who are genuinely expert in both fields. Antony White QC is one."

"Exceptional on all fronts, an excellent advocate in the courtroom but equally skilled at providing clear advice to clients on complex areas of law."

"A superb forensic advocate and a great team player."

"Incredibly persuasive, great at winning clients’ trust and brilliant in Court."

"One of the best all-round barristers."

"First class in terms of service, and on-point and concise in his legal analysis."

"An extraordinary talent with an incredible brain."

"A strategic thinker of the highest calibre."

"Manages to make complex matters simple and knows the various legal regimes like the back of his hand." "He is great at finding the way forward in very difficult cases."

"He is fantastically bright and a pleasure to work with."

"A very likeable, modern and easy to use silk."

"Antony is a strategic thinker of the highest calibre. Excellent on his feet, he is also user-friendly."

"He just gets it – he is a genius and very thoughtful."

"He’s wonderful, a truly gifted advocate and a complete delight."

"Really unbelievably intelligent."

"He provides extremely clever arguments and unique viewpoints on cutting-edge cases."