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Erskine Chambers

Erskine Chambers

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The firm

Barristers at Erskine Chambers are renowned specialists in Corporate Law, Insolvency & Restructuring, Commercial Litigation, Financial Services and International & Offshore work.

Erskine was named Insolvency Set of the Year at the 2019 Legal 500 UK Bar Awards.

Andrew Thompson KC was named Company and Insolvency Silk at the Chambers Bar Award 2021.

We have 28 barristers, including 11 KCs. Many of our members are ranked as leading practitioners in their fields. Chambers has 2 deputy ICC Judges.

Our Insolvency & Restructuring practice

We have one of the top insolvency and restructuring practices at the UK Bar. Significant cases include: Singularis v PwC, MF Global, Lehman Brothers, Nortel Networks, PwC v Saad, Kaupthing, SphinX and Mezhprombank; Sequana. We currently have two teams of Counsel involved in the Carillion litigation (trial this year) and have been involved in all major retail CVA’s over the last few years.

We are experts in:

  • Solvent and insolvent restructuring
  • Schemes of arrangement, pre-pack administrations and CVAs
  • Setting aside transactions
  • Cross-border issues and insolvency disputes
  • Insolvency of financial institutions
  • Directors’ disqualification and public interest winding up
  • Personal insolvency

Persuasive Advocates : Strategic Advisers

We provide strategic advice on transactions, helping clients to achieve their commercial objectives. We are experienced and persuasive advocates. We represent clients in litigation and arbitration in the Commercial Court, High Court Chancery Division, Court of Appeal, Supreme Court and Privy Council, as well as arbitral tribunals, and courts in other jurisdictions.

Much of our work is international. We have a strong offshore practice and extensive experience of cross-border transactions and disputes

Technical Expertise : Commercial Acumen

Our reputation is built on the complex, high profile disputes and transactions that we have worked on and the results that we have obtained for our clients.

We are known for our technical expertise and commercial, pragmatic and client-focused approach. Clients praise our responsiveness, decisiveness and willingness to be part of the team.

We are proud of the standard of excellence that runs through Chambers – our juniors are individually sought after for standalone work and are seen as experienced beyond their years.

Contact us

Address
1 Paper Buildings, Temple, London ECAY 7EP

Telephone
+44(0)20 7242 5532
E: clerks@erskinechambers.com

Website
http://www.erskinechambers.co.uk

Senior Clerk - Phil Reeves


Michael Shillingford - Deputy Senior Clerk
Alex Calder - Senior Practice Manager
Seamus Nixon - Practice Manager
Jake Taylor - Practice Manager

Marketing Manager - Sanuja Linkeswaran

Members of Chambers
David Chivers - Head of Chambers
Michael Todd KC
David Mabb KC
Martin Moore KC
Peter Arden KC
Raquel Agnello KC
Andrew Thompson KC
James Potts KC
Andrew Thornton KC
Edward Davies KC
Ben Shaw KC
Nick Segal
Catherine Roberts
Nigel Dougherty
Stephen Horan
Ben Griffiths
Matthew Parfitt
Jack Rivett
Anna Scharnetzky
Chantelle Staynings
Andrew Blake
Samuel Parsons
Conor McLaughlin
Philip Morrison
Seamus Woods
Tom Hall
Dan Butler
Carleen Sobcyk
Look Chan Ho (Door Tenant)