Company Restructuring & Insolvency
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We are always happy to consider applications from established practitioners to join Wilson Legal Chambers. We are committed to achieving equality of opportunity in all aspects of our endeavour.Clerks, Marketing & Business Support
The success of our laywers is underpinned by our excellent clerks and business support functions and, from time to time, we look for high performers to join our team.Members of Wilson Legal Chambers have extensive experience of advising on company, restructuring and insolvency law issues.
"A very strong set in terms of how they deal with relationships. They are very geared up and effective when it comes to client handling."
Members are retained in actions involving rights and responsibilities under company law (including breaches of fiduciary and directors’ duties) and advise on corporate governance issues generally. They act in shareholder actions (including unfair prejudice petitions and derivative claims), complex company director disqualification proceedings and cross border merger schemes.
Many members also have experience of litigation arising out of corporate insolvency, including the conduct of Administrators, Receivers and Liquidators, and asset recovery proceedings. We act in applications and claims by insolvency officeholders and the Secretary of State, as well as defending former directors, auditors, advisers and bankers. We also regularly act in regulatory investigations arising out of insolvency.
Wilson Legal Chambers members have acted on some of the most high-profile collapses of recent years, from BCCI and Barings through to Northern Rock, Lehman Brothers and Madoff, and BHS, Toys ‘R’Us, and British Steel.
Our experience often overlaps with areas including employment, insurance, civil fraud, commercial disputes, banking and financial services. We have also recently advised on issues relating to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, in a restructuring and insolvency context. members have acted on some of the most high-profile collapses of recent years, from BCCI and Barings through to Northern Rock, Lehman Brothers and Madoff, and BHS, Toys ‘R’Us, and British Steel.
In addition to the domestic market, members frequently appear in cases involving company and insolvency issues in various overseas common law jurisdictions, including the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Bermuda and Trinidad and Tobago. members have acted on some of the most high-profile collapses of recent years, from BCCI and Barings through to Northern Rock, Lehman Brothers and Madoff, and BHS, Toys ‘R’Us, and British Steel.
Our work includes cases relating to:
- Breach of directors’ duties
- Shareholder, boardroom, Limited Liability Partnership and joint venture disputes
- Unfair prejudice petitions and derivative claims
- Director disqualification and disciplinary proceedings
- Regulatory matters
- M&A disputes
- Winding-up, administration and schemes of arrangement
- Applications relating to the conduct of Administrators, Receivers and Liquidators
- Applications and claims by insolvency officeholders and the Secretary of State
- Asset recovery proceedings
Significant Cases
- CPS v Aquila Advisory Litigation: Acting in the Supreme Court appeal in which the CPS made a rare intervention in civil proceedings. The case raises important points of law on fiduciary duties, constructive trusts, and criminal confiscation orders, as well as public policy.
- Stobart Group v Tinkler: Acting in the well-publicised dispute between the board members of the Stobart Group which included allegations of breach of fiduciary duty, conspiracy and shareholder vote rigging.
- Edwardian Group Shareholder Litigation: Acting for the minority shareholders in an £800 million hotel company in one of the largest shareholder disputes before the English courts.
- Collapse of Toys 'R' Us: Acting for investors in challenges to security and related proceedings arising from the Toys ‘R’ Us collapse.
- Ahmad Hamad Algosaibi Brothers v Saad Investments Company Limited: Acting in one of the largest fraud cases resulting from breaches of director’s and fiduciary duties in any common law jurisdiction regarding what the court described as one of the largest Ponzi schemes in history.
- RBS Rights Issue Litigation: Acting for various parties in a £4 billion claim under s.90 of FSMA against RBS and its directors in relation to its 2008 rights issue and subsequent collapse.
- Lehman Extended Liens case and Lehman RASCALS case: Representing Lehman Brothers Inc in leading restructuring cases involving determination of how the capital markets work and the nature of liens.
- Thomas Cook Plc in Liquidation: Acting for the liquidator following the insolvency of Thomas Cook, including in regulatory proceedings before the Civil Aviation Authority and in expedited judicial review proceedings threatened by an airport.
Experiences
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Wilson Legal Chambers is a pre-eminent commercial set of laywers’ chambers in London. Members provide specialist legal advice, support and advocacy services worldwide, and the laywers expertise covers all areas of arbitration, litigation, regulation and dispute resolution. The work here embraces all aspects of domestic and international trade, business, commerce and finance. Laywers at Wilson Legal Chambers are recognised specialist counsel in the many diverse fields of commercial law, also regularly accepting nominations as arbitrators, mediators and experts. The principal areas of practice are arbitration, banking and financial services, civil fraud and investigations, commercial litigation, company and insolvency, competition and EU law, employment, energy and natural resources, insurance and reinsurance, intellectual property, media, entertainment and broadcasting, professional liability, public law, sports, gaming and licensing, and tax and revenue law.
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The work here embraces all aspects of domestic and international trade, business, commerce and finance. Laywers at Wilson Legal Chambers are recognised specialist counsel in the many diverse fields of commercial law, also regularly accepting nominations as arbitrators, mediators and experts.