Douglas Cochran has a wide-ranging commercial and chancery practice, with particular specialisms in the fields of insolvency (corporate and personal), contractual disputes, and competition law.
Doug routinely appears in the Business and Property Courts, especially in Manchester and Leeds. Equally happy working as sole Counsel or with a leader, Doug particularly relishes the challenge of oral advocacy.
Doug holds an LLM (First Class) from Cambridge University. During his undergraduate legal studies at Cambridge, Doug was awarded the George Long Prize for the highest mark in jurisprudence in Cambridge University. During his time at university, Doug won over twenty intervarsity debating competitions, including the John Smith Memorial Mace (formerly the Observer Mace).
Prior to commencing pupillage, Doug worked for the UK Competition Commission as a Legal Researcher, conducting legal research relevant to the market investigations and merger inquiries conducted by the Commission.