Chambers Review
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Restructuring/Insolvency - UK
What the Team is Known For
Maitland Chambers are noted for having "a stable of brilliant people" and the set houses a strong bench of barristers experienced in a wide range of restructuring and insolvency matters. Members are regularly instructed in major domestic and cross-border corporate insolvencies, liquidations and administrations, and act for a diverse client base including both secured and unsecured creditors, insolvency practitioners and corporations. The set also offers considerable expertise in personal insolvency matters, and members are routinely instructed to represent insolvent individuals. Over the past year, members of chambers have continued to be instructed by the liquidators of the UK group which formerly traded as Cambridge Analytica.
John Wiggs is the director of clerking.
Strengths
The clerks are very good and the team is responsive, commercial and always consistently meets the high expectations we have of them.
Senior clerk Robert Penson is absolutely wonderful and really knows his stuff - he's great on fees, organising events and he knows all the barristers. The model clerk.
A professional clerking team with great communication.
Senior clerk Luke Irons is good, helpful, down to earth and understanding.
Notable practitioners
Catherine Addy KC enjoys a number of prestigious appointments, including as a deputy Insolvency and Companies Court judge. She exhibits skill across the full range of insolvency matters and has been regularly instructed by government departments including HMRC, the Attorney General and the former Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.
A smart, tough and an extremely good advocate.
She brings her straight intellect and strips down arguments to a logical core.
Michael Gibbon KC draws on his prior experience as a financier to inform his highly regarded insolvency practice. He is well known for his adept representation of stakeholders in commercial insolvency cases, while his key clients HMRC and BIS continue to benefit from his expertise. His broad practice encompasses both non-contentious and contentious matters.
His ability to think strategically and see the bigger picture is great.
He is incredibly impressive, with razor sharp intellect and he brings a real sense of gravitas to any court proceedings.
He's a reliable and honest advocate.
Olivier Kalfon offers a broad practice with notable strength in the areas of insolvency, banking and finance, and dispute resolution. He is able to draw on his merchant banking background to provide expert technical advice concerning financial litigation.
He can assimilate facts very quickly in a logical way and is an excellent advocate as well.
Rebecca Stubbs KC appears in high-profile matters, regularly representing clients in the Supreme Court and before the Privy Council. She is recognised for her broad-based experience and expertise in the field.
Rebecca Stubbs is fantastic.
Rowena Page is a talented junior who is regularly instructed in matters in the High Court and County Courts. She has experience acting for office holders on a range of corporate and personal insolvency matters.
Her knowledge and preparation is excellent and her advice is well considered and balanced.
She has a fantastic tactical sense in relation to insolvency litigation and is she is good on paper and is a very effective advocate.
She is recognised by the judges as being someone who is really on top of the technical details of the insolvency act.
Christopher Parker KC is a commercial chancery silk with a strong following for contentious work in the insolvency and fraud arenas. His additional expertise in company law includes cases concerning breach of fiduciary duty and shareholder disputes.
He is very user friendly, extremely hard-working and tenacious .
Faith Julian is a well-regarded junior with expertise covering both bankruptcies and corporate insolvencies. She is regularly instructed to act for office holders in misfeasance claims brought against company directors and in high-profile winding-up petitions.
Her judgement is excellent and her ability to think on her feet is exceptional.
Faith's excellent preparation and advocacy resulted in brilliant outcomes.
An extremely persuasive barrister who is immensely intelligent.
Matthew Collings KC is a highly proficient practitioner who demonstrates great skill in offshore insolvency matters. He routinely handles cases that are complex, high-value and high-profile. He has significant trial and appellate experience, and often acts in liquidations and administrations.
Matthew is respected by judges and is a good advocate.
Rosanna Foskett is a noted junior with experience in both corporate and personal insolvency matters, including administration and breach of duty. She often advises on insolvency matters with civil fraud and international asset recovery aspects. Foskett is noted for her cross-jurisdictional expertise.
Rosanna is really excellent.
Andrew Westwood KC is highlighted for his wide variety of restructuring and insolvency work, handling claims against directors, disqualifications and liquidations. He is also routinely instructed by the Insolvency Practitioners Association. Additionally, Westwood is called to the Bar in the British Virgin Islands.
His advocacy is succinct with incredible clarity.
He has an intellectual style with no theatrics.
A very good technical practitioner who has the respect of the court.
Darragh Connell gains recognition for his growing restructuring and insolvency practice at Maitland Chambers. His practice is supported by his previous banking and finance experience at Goldman Sachs, which makes him particularly adept at handling claims involving bankruptcy and crypto assets.
A very sought-after junior who is technically excellent and very good to work with.
He is really good and extremely practical, academic and technically very good too.
A good strong advocate.
Maxim Cardew focuses his practice on commercial chancery litigation and is highly regarded for his insolvency practice. Cardew often acts as sole counsel, and his practice encompasses administration and insolvency following bankruptcy cases.
Maxim Cardew is excellent.
Rebecca Page KC regularly handles major cases in the High Court and Court of Appeal. She boasts experience in cross-border insolvencies in the British Virgin Islands. She is experienced in the handling of negligence claims both for and against insolvency practitioners.
She has an excellent grasp of the law.
She is very technically able and her advice is well balanced.