About Us

 

Erskine Chambers is a leading Chambers specialising in company, corporate finance, insolvency law and commercial litigation. In each of these areas members of Chambers have been involved in many of the largest and most significant cases and deals of the year – both in the UK and in other jurisdictions. The set also has leading practices in accountancy law, financial services and regulatory work.

As well as providing company law and insolvency advice and litigation services, the set works with leading UK and international investment banks and others (such as professional trustees) on substantial corporate finance transactions, including capital reorganisations, bond issues and other lending and swaps transactions.

Many members of Chambers are recommended in both Legal 500 and Chambers and Partners as leading practitioners within their chosen fields.

Former members of Chambers include Lady Justice Arden, Mr Justice David Richards, Richard Sykes Q.C. and Robin Potts Q.C.

Members of Chambers seek not only to provide a first rate legal service but to do so in an approachable and user friendly fashion. Senior Clerk Mike Hannibal and his team are on hand to answer any queries or discuss any issues clients or potential clients of Chambers may have.

Direct Professional Access

Direct Professional Access is accepted from members of recognised professional institutions.

Committees and Publications

Members of Chambers serve on a variety of committees dealing with company and insolvency law. Michael Todd Q.C. is the current Chairman of the Chancery Bar Association. John Cone and Professor Dan Prentice are members of the Law Society's Committee on Company Law. Professor Prentice is also a member of the Law Society's Committee on Insolvency Law. John Cone and Andrew Thornton are members of the Law Reform Committee of the General Council of the Bar. Richard Nolan is a member of the Working Group L (Sanctions) - D.T.I. Company Law Review.

Erskine Chambers also has a strong tradition of writing or contributing to the leading textbooks in its specialist areas. Members of Chambers are currently involved in the following publications:

• Buckley on the Companies Acts (15th edition) - Professor Dan Prentice is one of the joint General Editors. James Potts, Andrew Thornton and Richard Nolan are contributors;
• Gore-Browne on Companies – Michael Todd Q.C. is the consulting editor and contributors include Andrew Thornton and Matthew Parfitt.
• Lightman and Moss on the Law of Receivers - Richard Snowden is the Assistant Editor;
• Company Directors': Law and Liability - Andrew Thompson, Richard Snowden, Ceri Bryant, Andrew Thornton, Nigel Dougherty and James Potts contributed to this book published by Sweet and Maxwell;
• Practice and Procedure of the Companies Court - members of Chambers contributing to this book included Leslie Kosmin QC, David Chivers QC, Phillip Gillyon and James Potts;
• Chitty on Contracts (27th edition) - Professor Dan Prentice is a contributor;
• Gower, Company Law (5th edition) - Professor Dan Prentice is Joint General Editor;
• Law Quarterly Review - Professor Dan Prentice is the Assistant Editor;
• Financial Assistance for the Acquisition of Shares - Catherine Roberts is the author of this title, published by Oxford University Press;

Forthcoming Titles

Amongst publications due to be released during 2008, Michael Todd Q.C. and Andrew Thornton are joint editors of a practice and procedure book to be published by Jordans as a companion to Gore-Browne on Companies and several members of Chambers are contributors to it and David Chivers Q.C. and Ben Shaw are the authors of The Law of Majority Shareholder Power, to be published by Oxford University Press during 2008.

Complaints Policy

Members of Erskine Chambers operate a complaints procedure in accordance with the requirements of the Code of Conduct of the Bar.