Ranked in 4 Practice Areas
2

Band 2

Company

London (Bar)

17 Years Ranked

3

Band 3

Chancery: Commercial

London (Bar)

15 Years Ranked

3

Band 3

Charities

London (Bar)

3 Years Ranked

3

Band 3

Restructuring/Insolvency

London (Bar)

16 Years Ranked

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About

Provided by Michael Gibbon KC

UK Bar

Practice Areas

Commercial chancery practice for domestic and international commercial and private clients. Also, significant experience of government work, in particular for the Department for Business and Trade (company law, insolvency) and HM Revenue & Customs (insolvency, tax, trusts).

Career

Initial career in investment banking, then called to the Bar in 1993. Treasury Panel counsel 1999-2011. Silk 2011. Admitted to BVI Bar 2023. Elected Head of Maitland Chambers 2023.

Publications

An Editor of the White Book 2003-2018.

Chambers Review

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UK Bar

Company - London (Bar)

2
Band 2
Individual Editorial

Michael Gibbon KC is a well-known name who regularly acts in commercial and tax cases with company law elements to them, and who has earned a strong reputation for his work acting for HMRC in tax disputes. He also has a strong pedigree in directors' duties cases. Clients benefit from his having formerly been a corporate financier.


Charities - London (Bar)

3
Band 3
Individual Editorial

Michael Gibbon KC has been regularly involved with chancery disputes throughout his career and has increasingly undertaken a number of cases with charity aspects. He has recently been working on some high-profile cases that engage with important legal issues for the charities sector.


Restructuring/Insolvency - London (Bar)

3
Band 3
Individual Editorial

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.


Chancery: Commercial - London (Bar)

3
Band 3

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