“The leading set, by far, for restructuring and insolvency work”
Legal 500
“An unbeatable repository of specialist insolvency advisers and advocates”
Chambers UK Bar
South Square is widely recognised as the top set for insolvency and restructuring work, and our barristers have acted in many of the most important restructuring, insolvency, banking, commercial, company and fraud related disputes of recent times.
Our set is highly regarded internationally, with barristers regularly appearing in courts around the world, including the Cayman Islands, the British Virgin Islands, Bermuda, Guernsey, Jersey, Dubai, Hong Kong, Singapore and Gibraltar.
Among the most recent and significant cases our Members have acted in are all the leading Restructuring Plan and Scheme cases (including Virgin Active, Gate Gourmet, Amigo Loans, Deep Ocean, Codere, Matalan, Swissport, Pizza Express, DTEK Energy, Caffé Nero, NCP; Abraaj) all the leading CVA cases (including New Look and Regis), cases relating to the impact of the COVID 19 pandemic (including Carluccios, Intu, and Debenhams), the recent Special Manager applications (including British Steel and Carillion), proceedings arising out of multiple corporate collapses (including BHS, on which members of Chambers also advised the UK Government), cases relating to the severely impacted airline industry (including Virgin Atlantic, Flybe and Malaysian Airlines), NMC (involving the first set of administrations in the ADGM), PwC v Saad (assistance of foreign liquidators), Irving Picard v Primeo (assistance of foreign liquidators), Re Lehman Brothers International (Europe) (the “Waterfall Applications”), Bloom v Pensions Regulator (provable debts, administration expenses), Landsbanki v Heritable (Icelandic credit institutions, set off), Belmont Park Investments v BNY Corporate Trustee Services (anti deprivation principle), HMRC v Football League Ltd (challenge to the “football creditors rule”), Re Lehman Brothers International (Europe) (client money).
High value restructurings include APCOA Parking, Stemcor and The Co operative Bank.
Members of Chambers continue to be involved in large ongoing corporate insolvencies and restructurings, such as Greensill, NMC, Luckin Coffee, Evergrande and Lehman Brothers, as well as high profile bankruptcies and personal insolvency cases, such as Re Boris Becker, Gertner and Hood. South Square and our barristers are consistently ranked in all the major legal directories and have won numerous awards over the years, including set of the year for insolvency and restructuring in the Chambers UK and Legal 500 Bar Awards.
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