Andrew Sutcliffe KC > Chambers of Ewan McQuater KC and Adrian Beltrami KC > London, England > Lawyer Profile

‘A great choice for work on the cross-over of insolvency and financial services‘, 3 Verulam Buildings is an experienced set for various matters with a party in insolvency. In TMO Renewables Ltd v Yeo & others, commercial disputes specialist Andrew Sutcliffe KC acted for the liquidators of the company in a £25m claim against its former directors, who include Major-era government minister Tim Yeo,  for fraudulent misrepresentation and breach of fiduciary duty. Offshore insolvencies continued to be a key part of Matthew Hardwick KC, acting in the BVI and other jurisdictions. On the junior side, Philip Hinks has continued to act as sole counsel in a number of matters, including a high value breach of fiduciary duty claim brought by liquidators against the directors of The Video Duplicating Company, one the UK’s biggest manufacturers of CDs and DVDs.

Recognized as an ‘impressive set and a go-to set for proceeds of crime and asset recovery‘, the barristers at 3 Verulam Buildings have expertise in civil recovery procedures, with further emphasis on representing government agencies. Andrew Sutcliffe KC, who is considered an ‘outstanding advocate and adviser‘, led Anne Jeavons in NCA v Nuttall, proceedings focused on the civil recovery of assets stemming from a money laundering operation. Sutcliffe also led Jeavon in Crown Prosecution Service v Aquila Advisory Ltd, a case covering the CPS’ prevention to obtain confiscation proceedings for proceeds of crime directors have received in breach of fiduciary duties. In addition, Tom Rainsbury was instructed by the Director of Public Prosecutions to apply a property freezing order in relation to a bundle of assets, which included cryptoassets, believed to have been obtained through an extensive fraud scheme.