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Tom Hall

Position

Tom is developing a busy commercial, company and insolvency law practice.

He regularly appears unled in the Insolvency and Companies Court in a range of corporate matters. Tom’s recent led work has included:

– Advising the joint provisional liquidators of a substantial Bermudian financial services group.

– Advising on a challenge to a multi-billion pound overseas takeover scheme.

– A successful application for service out of the jurisdiction of a substantial insolvency claim.

– Drafting rule changes to reform the governance of a major cricket club.

Following his pupillage, Tom undertook a four-month secondment at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, where he was the lead associate on two successful applications:

– Re West African Gas Pipeline Company Limited [2022] BCC 524, a novel members’ scheme of arrangement of a Bermudian company.

– Re Caversham Finance Limited [2022] BCC 876, an application concerning procedural defects in the administration extensions of companies in the BrightHouse group.

Education

Education

BPTC – City, University of London (Distinction)

GDL – City University of London (Distinction, first in year)

MPhil (Classics) – King’s College, University of Cambridge (Distinction)

BA (Classics) – Magdalen College, University of Oxford (First Class, first in year)