SILK PROFILE

Michael Gibbon KC

UK Bar 2026

Maitland Chambers

Ranked in 4 practice areas

Company

London (Bar)

17 years ranked

Chancery: Commercial

London (Bar)

15 years ranked

Charities

London (Bar)

3 years ranked

Restructuring/Insolvency

London (Bar)

16 years ranked

About

Provided by Maitland Chambers

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

Provided by Chambers

UK Bar

Company - London (Bar)

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.

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Charities - London (Bar)

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.

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Restructuring/Insolvency - London (Bar)

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.

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Strengths

Provided by Chambers

Michael Gibbon KC is a barrister with a lot of gravitas who is super bright and very easy to work with. He is already thinking multiple steps ahead to try and prevent problems.
CompanyUK Bar
Michael has got a very good sense of the right way for a charity to approach things and understands the perspective of that particular sort of client and the environment in which they operate.
CharitiesUK Bar
Michael picked up the detail quickly and his advice was incisive. He had the confidence of the client.
CharitiesUK Bar
He's a reliable and honest advocate.
Restructuring/InsolvencyUK Bar
His ability to think strategically and see the bigger picture is great.
Restructuring/InsolvencyUK Bar
He is incredibly impressive, with razor sharp intellect and he brings a real sense of gravitas to any court proceedings.
Restructuring/InsolvencyUK Bar