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Michael Todd KC
Position
Michael specialises in litigation and transactional advice on company law, corporate finance, capital markets and corporate insolvency, in the UK and internationally. Described as one of the first people to call for advice on complex restructurings, contested takeovers and schemes, his significant matters include: Virgin Money IPO; Essar Energy; Pfizer/AstraZeneca; Xstrata/Glencore; Coroin plc; Bumi plc; BAT v Winward (asset protection); Re PCCW Ltd (CA Hong Kong; scheme of arrangement), Validus v IPC (Bermuda; hostile scheme); Anglo Petroleum Ltd v TFB Mortgages (CA; financial assistance); Re Prudential Enterprise Ltd (CFA Hong Kong; shareholder dispute); American Patriot Agency (PC Bermuda; commercial fraud); Tenaga (Malaysia; piercing corporate veil); Waddington v Chan (Hong Kong/BVI; derivative actions). Michael has advised regulators including the FCA, Channel Islands Stock Exchange, Hong Kong Stock Exchange and Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission.
Career
Called: 1977. Silk: 1997. Appeared in courts of Hong Kong, BVI, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Isle of Man, Turks & Caicos Islands and Northern Ireland as well as in the Privy Council.
Memberships
Chairman of the Bar (2012); Chairman of ChBA (2008–11); Contributor to FromCounsel; Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators; COMBAR; ILA; RISA (Cayman); FSLA.
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Company
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 2Michael Todd KC – Erskine Chambers ‘An excellent barrister with great commercial experience in arbitration, particularly when there is a company law issue.’
London Bar > Commercial litigation
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 5The English Bar Offshore > The English Bar Offshore
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 2Corporate transactions, restructuring and insolvency, and financial services are the core pillars of Erskine Chambers offshore offering, with members appearing at all levels of the court system throughout the Caribbean. The ‘excellent all round’ David Chivers KC lends his expertise to offshore corporate litigation and company law, in addition to corporate restructuring and insolvency work. Edward Davies KC and Michael Todd KC were involved in Re Northstar Financial Services (Bermuda) Ltd, which saw proceedings in Bermuda concerning two insolvent insurance companies with aggregate deficiency of an estimated $300m.