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John Brisby QC
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Position
Barrister specialising in litigation and advice in the fields of company and commercial law, insolvency and restructuring, financial services, civil fraud, asset recovery, and international trusts. Over the years, John Brisby has been extensively involved in heavy litigation arising out of large-scale corporate collapses, such as Barlow Clowes, British and Commonwealth, Maxwell, BCCI, Barings, Railtrack, Enron and Lehmans. Recently, he has been involved in major litigation and arbitrations relating to disputes originating from the former Soviet Union. On the corporate side, he has been involved in some of the leading cases dealing with the rights of minority shareholders; while on the financial services side, he has acted on behalf of the regulators and also on behalf of their members (particularly insurance companies) dealing both with disciplinary and advisory matters. John Brisby has appeared in well over 100 reported cases.
Career
Called 1978, Lincoln’s Inn, bencher 2005; member Executive Committee of the British-Bulgarian Legal Association; trustee and co-founder ‘Friends of Bulgaria’ a UK registered charity founded in 1991 sending humanitarian aid to Bulgaria; appointed QC 1996; appointed deputy high court judge 2004.
Member
Chancery Bar Association and Commercial Bar Association (COMBAR).
Education
Westminster School; Scholar, Christ Church, Oxford (1977 MA); Mansfield Scholar, Lincoln’s Inn.
Practice Areas
Financial services; Insolvency and corporate reconstruction; Fraud: crime
