John Verrill
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Work Department
Corporate recovery.
Position
Advises on restructuring and insolvency, both debtor and creditor side, with a particular focus on cross-border insolvency issues and CVAs. Extensive experience in both contentious (eg fraud, directors’ misconduct) and non-contentious (eg board advisory, consensual restructuring) roles. Also has considerable experience in asset/receivables financing and oil and gas law. Advisor to the Pension Protection Fund on a variety of insolvency matters. Advisor to The Football League on insolvent football clubs. Advisor to liquidators of UK Madoff business, co-ordinating global recovery strategy. Appeared in ‘The Lawyer Hot 100’ in 2010 and ‘World’s Leading Insolvency and Restructuring Lawyers 2010’.
Career
Trained Crane and Hawkins; qualified 1981; assistant solicitor Lawrence Graham (via merger) 1983-86; partner 1986-2006; partner Dundas & Wilson 2007. Publications: ‘Insolvency Meetings Manual’ (Butterworths).
Languages
French.
Member
Insolvency Lawyers’ Association (president 1999-2000); R3 (president 2003-04); INSOL Europe; INSOL International (director 2001-05).
Education
University College School; University College, London (1977 LLB Hons).
Leisure
Travellers Club, Leander Club, shooting and boating.
Practice Areas
Corporate and commercial; Insolvency and corporate recovery; Litigation - commercial
