James Hyne > Charles Russell Speechlys LLP > Guildford, England > Lawyer Profile
Charles Russell Speechlys LLP Offices
ONE LONDON SQUARE, CROSS LANES
GUILDFORD
SURREY
GU1 1UN
England
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James Hyne
Work Department
Business disputes, services, real estate and construction; corporate restructuring and insolvency, litigation and dispute resolution.
Position
James is head of the corporate restructuring and insolvency group. He specialises in all areas of insolvency law and also gives lectures and seminars to corporate clients and other professionals (including the R3 Group and SESCA). James is one of the lead partners in the administration of Awal Bank in Bahrain, which has in excess of $2bn of creditor claims and ongoing litigation in numerous jurisdictions including the UK, Switzerland, US, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and the Cayman Islands.
Career
Contributing author to ‘UK Insolvency Client Strategies’ (Aspatore Books, 2008).
Memberships
Insolvency Lawyers Association; Proceeds of Crime Lawyers Association; R3 Group; the firm’s representative to the Association of European Lawyers and ALFA International legal networks on insolvency and restructuring issues.
Education
Southampton University (LLB Hons Law); CPI (Advanced Insolvency Exams).
Leisure
Rugby, skiing, golf, following West Ham United FC.
Lawyer Rankings
South East > Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
(Hall of Fame)The team at Charles Russell Speechlys LLP
offers advice on the full range of insolvency mandates, including insolvent and distressed sales, company voluntary arrangements, and the rescission of winding up orders. In Guildford, Roger Elford leads the team alongside James Hyne
; Elford regularly acts for overseas governments and foreign banks in restructuring matters and external administrations, while Hyne focuses on contentious recoveries, often advising liquidators and administrators. Hannah Edwards has extensive expertise in antecedent transaction claims, and often advises companies and their directors on recovery options.
Lawyer Rankings
- Hall of Fame South East > Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- Insolvency and corporate recovery South East > Finance
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Kent, Surrey and Sussex
- Real estate > Commercial property: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
- Real estate > Construction
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
- Employment > Employment: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
- Private client > Family: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
- Real estate > Property litigation