Company and Insolvency

What Our Barristers Do

Our barristers act and advise in relation to a range of company law matters including shareholder rights and disputes, unfair prejudice petitions, derivative actions, proceedings relating to breaches of directors’ duties, share purchase agreements and breach of warranty claims. Our barristers also have expertise in proceedings under the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986.

Our barristers appear in both personal and corporate insolvency and asset recovery proceedings. Our work includes acting and advising in relation to contested winding up and bankruptcy petitions, public interest winding up, provisional liquidations, administrations, transactional avoidance and misfeasance claims and challenges against officeholders.

Who Our Barristers Act For

Our barristers act for companies, directors and shareholders, creditors, debtors and insolvency practitioners. Our barristers are also instructed by the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and by the Official Receiver.

Where Our Barristers Act

Our company and insolvency barristers appear in domestic courts and in offshore and international matters. Several of our barristers have been called to the Bars of other jurisdictions, including in the Caribbean, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, India, Dubai, the Channel Islands, Isle of Man and Gibraltar.

People

  • Richard Spearman KC

    Year of Call 1977 Silk 1996

  • Peter Turner KC

    Year of Call 2024 (avocat à la Cour (France), 2016) Silk 2015

  • Katherine Apps KC

    Year of Call 2006 Silk 2023

  • David Sawtell KC

    Year of Call 2005 Silk 2026

  • Ben Olbourne

    Year of Call 2003

  • Karishma Vora

    Year of Call 2011 (England); 2006 (India); 2020 (DIFC)

  • Ashley Pratt

    Year of Call 2006

  • Seb Oram

    Year of Call 2007

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