Edward Starling > Wedlake Bell LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Wedlake Bell LLP
71 QUEEN VICTORIA STREET
LONDON
EC4V 4AY
England

Work Department

Business recoveries.

Position

Ed conducts a variety of contentious and non-contentious insolvency and restructuring matters, and wider business critical litigation. He acts on behalf of lenders, liquidators, administrators, LPA receivers, trustees in bankruptcy, companies, purchasers of distressed assets, creditors and other stakeholders, shareholders, members of limited liability partnerships (LLPs) and directors.

He specialises in bringing and defending claims brought by office holders including transactions at an under value, voidable preferences, wrongful and fraudulent trading, and breach of duty (including allegations of fraud and international asset tracing). He also has significant experience in civil fraud, dishonesty and misrepresentation proceedings and investigations, including the use of freezing and other targeted injunctions.

Business critical litigation includes shareholder disputes, minority shareholder petitions, guarantee claims, professional negligence claims (valuers, solicitors, accountants, tax advisers), earnout / deferred consideration disputes, and contract/tortious disputes.

Ed also acts as an independent Supervising Solicitor overseeing search (and seizure) orders obtained in civil proceedings.

Career

Ed trained with Wedlake Bell and qualified in 2003 and became a Partner in 2010. He is a Member of the Association of Business Recoveries Professionals (R3). Ed is Head of Wedlake Bell’s Disputes Practice Group and a member of the executive Board.

Memberships

Association of Business Recoveries Professionals.

Education

Joint Insolvency Examination Board exams (2006).

Leisure

Running, skiing.

Lawyer Rankings

London > Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil

Wedlake Bell LLP‘s ‘helpful and collaborative team’ assists with the investigation and pursuit of civil fraud claims against directors, employees and third parties, including international asset tracing. Its expertise covers search, seizure and disclosure orders, injunctions, receiverships, and freezing and proprietary injunctions. Insolvency and restructuring head Frances Coulson has ‘vast knowledge and experience’; Ed Starling heads the disputes practice; and art and luxury group co-head Tim Maxwell specialises in disputes concerning forgeries, fraud, title, provenance, restitution and authenticity.