JUNIOR PROFILE

Darragh Connell

UK Bar 2026

Maitland Chambers

Ranked in 2 practice areas

Cryptoassets

All Circuits

4 years ranked

Restructuring/Insolvency

London (Bar)

1 year ranked

About

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Practice Areas

Darragh is a much sought-after commercial barrister combining approachability with sensible, pragmatic advice and effective advocacy.

He has a busy commercial litigation practice with specific emphasis upon insolvency and asset recovery, civil fraud, contractual disputes and company law.

Darragh is at the forefront of developing the law in respect of cryptoassets and in respect of which he has been consistently ranked in Band 1 of Chambers UK Bar directory. He has appeared in many significant cases in this area, including D'Aloia v Persons Unknown [2025] 1 WLR 821 where the High Court held that USDT constituted property for the purposes of English law.

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

UK Bar

Cryptoassets - All Circuits

Band 1

Individual Editorial

Darragh Connell is well known for his strong background in the financial sector. He wins praise for his technical expertise in handling disputes involving digital assets. Connell has in-depth knowledge of crypto fraud matters and also regulatory issues that can arise related to cryptoasset platforms.

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Restructuring/Insolvency - London (Bar)

Band 5

Individual Editorial

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.

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Strengths

Provided by Chambers

He is definitely a leading barrister in the cryptoasset disputes field.
CryptoassetsUK Bar
He is incredibly energetic and has an engaging court style.
CryptoassetsUK Bar
Darragh lives and breathes this type of work and is notably a great advocate.
CryptoassetsUK Bar
He is really good and extremely practical, academic and technically very good too.
Restructuring/InsolvencyUK Bar
A good strong advocate.
Restructuring/InsolvencyUK Bar
A very sought-after junior who is technically excellent and very good to work with.
Restructuring/InsolvencyUK Bar