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Keystone Law Offices
48 CHANCERY LANE
LONDON
WC2A 1JF
England
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Tony Sampson

Work Department
Restructuring and Insolvency
Position
Tony is an insolvency and corporate recovery specialist. In addition to being a solicitor, he is a Licensed Insolvency Practitioner, authorised by the Insolvency Practitioners Association, and a Solicitor Advocate (civil). He receives instructions from Insolvency Practitioners ranging from Magic Circle firms to sole practitioners. Those instructions may be of a procedural, professional or technical nature, while the sources of his other instructions include banks, creditors (secured or otherwise) and directors.
Tony lectures extensively and has lectured for Central Law Training, R3, and Legal Easel. He particularly enjoys in-house tailor-made seminars for clients. Tony is also involved with the Joint Insolvency Examination Board.
Areas of expertise:
- Administrations (in and out of court)
- Voluntary Arrangements (personal and corporate)
- Administrative, fixed-charge and Law of Property Act receiverships
- Solvent liquidations and s 110 reconstructions
- Insolvent liquidations (CVL and winding up)
- Bankruptcy
- Trust issues
- Pursuing and defending directors
- Dealing with creditor claims (secured and unsecured)
- Restructuring (in and out of a formal insolvency procedure)
- Claims against directors and directors’ disqualification
- Corporate recovery and strategies
Career
2017 | Keystone Law | Consultant Solicitor |
2015 – 2017 | Moon Beever | Consultant |
2013 – 2015 | Jeffrey Green Russell | Consultant |
2010 – 2013 | Lester Aldridge | Partner |
2008 – 2010 | DMH Stallard | Partner |
2004 – 2008 | Devonshires | Partner |
1995 – 2004 | Fennermores | Associate then Partner |
1990 – 1995 | James and Charles Dodd | Assistant then Associate |
1989 – 1990 | Cripps and Shone | Assistant |
1989 | Qualified as a solicitor |
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- Insurance > Insurance: corporate and regulatory
- Insurance > Insurance: corporate and regulatory
- Private client > Court of protection
- Corporate and commercial > International business reorganisations
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Licensing
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Real estate > Residential property
Firm Rankings
- Employment > Senior executives
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Private client > Family
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Gaming and betting
- Finance > Islamic finance
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Film & TV
- Insurance > Product liability: defendant
- Dispute resolution > Professional discipline
- Transport > Travel
- Private client > Art and cultural property
- Transport > Aviation
- Insurance > Clinical negligence: defendant
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech: corporate and commercial
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech: regulatory
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Employment > Immigration: personal
- Insurance > Insurance and reinsurance litigation
- Insurance > Insurance litigation: for policyholders
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Music
- Corporate and commercial > Partnership
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Insurance > Personal injury: defendant
- Transport > Shipping
- Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Employment > Employers
- Employment > Immigration
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: patents (contentious and non-contentious)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Real estate > Planning
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Power (including electricity and nuclear)
- Real estate > Property litigation
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Insurance > Insurance: corporate and regulatory
- Industry focus > Life sciences and healthcare
- Private client > Court of protection
- Insurance > Professional negligence