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Peter Arden KC KC
Position
Peter is a highly regarded silk, with a focus on insolvency and restructuring, company and commercial chancery work. He has a particular expertise in large and complex insolvency cases, often with a cross-border element and, in many instances, concerning or involving businesses in the financial sector. Significant cases include: the Federal Mogul / T&N restructuring, Eurotunnel, the HIH litigation, the Baugur administration, Lehmans, the Landsbanki and Kaupthing insolvencies, Miss Sixty and other retail insolvencies, the TXU company voluntary arrangement, and the winding-up of Danka Business Systems and Travelodge.
Career
Called 1983, Gray’s Inn, QC 2006.
Memberships
Member of Association of Business Recovery Professionals; Member of the Chancery Bar Association.
Education
Chichester High School for Boys; University College, London (1981 LLB); Queens College, Cambridge (1982 LLM).
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Insolvency
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 1Peter Arden KC – Erskine Chambers ‘Peter is extremely approachable, very user-friendly and popular with clients. He is highly intelligent and has the confidence of the judges he appears before.’
Erskine Chambers handles both contentious insolvency and corporate restructurings, with members acting on litigation arising from large insolvencies in the wake of the financial crisis, with Peter Arden KC having been instructed by a creditor in Re Project Lietzenburger Strasse Holdco S.A.R.L to oppose a restructuring plan proposed by a Luxembourg company, covering aspects of German law. Raquel Agnello KC has been involved in a number of high-profile cases, and covers restructuring based matters, including CVAs and acting for various businesses. Matthew Parfitt sits as a deputy insolvency judge and has a focus on public interest winding up, and the appointment of provisional liquidators, and Anna Scharnetzky is frequently instructed in contentious restructurings and claims brought by or against office-holders.
London Bar > Company
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 2Peter Arden KC – Erskine Chambers ‘Peter is very experienced and has a great manner. He knows the law inside and out and provides very clear and accurate advice.’