Euan Clarke > Linklaters LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Euan Clarke

020 7456 4267 euan.clarke@linklaters.com

Work Department

Litigation, restructuring and insolvency.

Position

Euan is a specialist in insolvency litigation. His practice covers contentious and advisory insolvency and restructuring, banking disputes and fraud and regulatory investigations. He has particular experience advising banks, financial institutions, companies and insolvency practitioners in relation to contentious issues arising from complex restructuring, insolvency and corporate distress situations, especially those with a cross-border element. Euan is also a past-President of the Insolvency Lawyers’ Association.

Euan was one of the core group of partners who has been advising the administrators of the Lehman Brothers companies in the UK, since day one. Other significant cases include Toys r Us, Enron, MG Rover, Beaufort Securities and Irish Bank Resolution.

Recent cases include acting for Nero Holdings Limited, on its recent CVA, including defending a challenge brought by certain landlord creditors, and Intu Properties advising on the restructuring and subsequent insolvency of the Intu group of companies.

Career

Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales. Trainee solicitor Linklaters, London and Hong Kong 1995-97; associate 1997-2001; managing associate 2002-06; partner 2006 to date.

Education

Nottingham University (1994 BA Law with American Law Hons); University of Texas School of Law (1992-93); Law School, Nottingham (1995 Legal Practice Course Distinction).