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David Leibowitz

Work Department
Dispute Resolution: Insolvency Litigation
Position
David is a Partner in Dispute Resolution department. He is an insolvency litigation specialist.
David acts regularly for banks, insolvency practitioners, trade creditors, directors, shareholders, the Insolvency Service and foreign lawyers on both domestic and cross border insolvencies. He has extensive insolvency litigation experience, in particular in the context of fraud, cases concerning validity of security, asset recovery, guarantees, director’s duties, office holders duties, transaction avoidance and disqualification proceedings. He has particular expertise in restructuring and insolvency assignments in the insurance and financial services industries and the interaction between FSMA and the Insolvency Act.
David is a CEDR accredited mediator and a member of the R3 Education Committee. He is a consultant to Oxford University Press and is on the Consulting Editorial Board for LexisNexis and is recognised by both Chambers and Legal 500 as a leading practitioner in insolvency law.
He lectures regularly on insolvency litigation and related topics and is the co-author of the Administrations chapters in the current edition of Tolley’s Insolvency Law. David has recently been appointed by the Ministry of Justice onto the Insolvency Rules Committee.
David sits on Consulting Editorial Board for LexisNexis, the Education Committee of R3 and is a peer reviewer for Oxford University Press on restructuring and insolvency publications.
He also sits on the Insolvency Rules Committee, appointed by the Ministry of Justice
Career
Mishcon de Reya LLP, Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP, Centre for Dispute Resolution
Education
College of Law (London), Law Society Finals
Exeter University, (LLB)(Hons)
Lawyer Rankings
London > Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
Sitting within the firm’s broader commercial litigation function, Mishcon de Reya LLP‘s ‘slick and efficient’ team, which is led by the well-regarded Danny Davis, is best-known for its contentious insolvency expertise on behalf of IPs. Key members of the team include the ‘fiercely intelligent’ David Leibowitz and the ‘hugely commercial and pragmatic’ Mike Stubbs, who is himself also a licensed insolvency practitioner.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Art and cultural property
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Employment > Employers
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Gaming and betting
- Employment > Immigration
- Employment > Immigration: personal
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Real estate > Residential property
- Employment > Senior executives
Firm Rankings
- Public sector > Administrative and public law
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Private client > Family
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- Employment > Immigration: human rights
- Insurance > Insurance litigation: for policyholders
- Corporate and commercial > Partnership
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Private prosecutions
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management
- Industry focus > Retail and consumer
- Industry focus > TMT
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Artificial intelligence
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Dispute resolution > Competition litigation
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Crime: general
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Public sector > Education: individuals
- Employment > Employee share schemes
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Franchising
- Industry focus > Hospitality and leisure
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: patents (contentious and non-contentious)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Real estate > Planning
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Dispute resolution > Group litigation: Claimant
- Employment > Health and safety
- Industry focus > Life sciences and healthcare
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Lower Mid-Market Deals, £100m-£750m
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Advertising & marketing
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Film & TV
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £500m)
- Real estate > Property finance
- Dispute resolution > Tax litigation and investigations
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Private client > Agriculture and estates