Steven Fennell
UK Bar Guide 2025
Band 3 : Restructuring/Insolvency
Band 3
About
Provided by Steven Fennell
Practice Areas
Commercial
Insolvency
Commercial Fraud
Professional Negligence
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Career
Steven specialises in commercial, financial and insolvency litigation and professional negligence and regulatory matters for the legal and accountancy professions.
Steven qualified as a solicitor in 1996, as an insolvency practitioner in 1999, and a solicitor advocate in 2013, before transferring to the Bar in 2014. He became a CEDR-accredited mediator in 2012.
Steven’s commercial practice includes:
Shareholder disputes
Partnership and LLP disputes
Sale of goods and supply of services
Banking and finance litigation
Franchise litigation
Commercial fraud, including applications for freezing injunctions and search and seizure orders
Consumer Credit
Steven also regularly undertakes non-contentious advisory work on instructions from solicitors.
Professional Memberships
Insolvency Lawyers
Association R3
Personal
Steven is a keen supporter of the arts with a particular interest in the Theatre, Opera, Photography and Music – where enthusiasm partly compensates for lack of natural talent. He is also a keen cook.
Chambers Review
UK Bar
Previously a solicitor, Steven Fennell is well regarded for his expert handling of insolvency matters. He acts for a range of clients including liquidators, trustees and receivers. He is also a CEDR-accredited mediator.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Steven is very senior and very experienced. He was an insolvency solicitor so he has a ridiculously large technical arsenal. His advocacy is always clear and considered."
"Steven is very good counsel who distils issues into language clients can understand. Clients gain confidence and he keeps them calm."
"Steven has excellent technical knowledge, as well as good commercial awareness and appreciation of the client's work."
"Steven is very senior and very experienced. He was an insolvency solicitor so he has a ridiculously large technical arsenal. His advocacy is always clear and considered."
"Steven is very good counsel who distils issues into language clients can understand. Clients gain confidence and he keeps them calm."
"Steven has excellent technical knowledge, as well as good commercial awareness and appreciation of the client's work."
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