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Mr Daniel Warents
Position
Daniel specialises in most areas of chancery and commercial work both in England and in a number of off-shore jurisdictions. He has a particular interest in shareholder and joint venture disputes, as well as trust matters, and insolvency.
Daniel has appeared in some of the most significant cases in his areas of expertise in recent years including Investec v Glenalla [2019] AC 271 (the leading case on trustee liability to third party creditors), and Chu v Lau [2020] 1 WLR 4656 (the leading case on just and equitable winding up on the ‘deadlock’ ground), and Invest Bank PSC v El-Husseini [2023] EWCA Civ 555 (a leading case on the interpretation of s.423 of the Insolvency Act 1986). Daniel is also a barrister member of the Insolvency Rules Committee.
As well as trial advocacy, Daniel has substantial experience in dealing with applications raising complex legal and factual issues including jurisdiction and forum challenges, applications for injunctive relief, and summary judgment and strike-out applications.
He also has significant experience working on cases in the BVI, Cayman, Bermuda, Isle of Man, Jersey, and Guernsey. Daniel is one of only a small number of junior barristers called to the BVI bar so that his fees are recoverable as a disbursement following the decision of the BVI Court of Appeal Shrimpton v Scriven & Ors BVIHCMAP 2016/0031.
Career
Called 2009, Middle Temple.
Memberships
- Member of the Bar of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court – British Virgin Islands
- Chancery Bar Association
- Association of Pension Lawyers
- Institute of Art & Law
Education
- M.A. Law, Downing College Cambridge (1st class)
- LLM (Cantab)
- BVC, BPP Law School (Very Competent)
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Private client: trusts and probate
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 2Daniel Warents –XXIV Old Buildings ‘Daniel is an outstanding advocate. He has the ear of the court and combines an encyclopaedic knowledge of the papers and law with a sharp, persuasive and witty approach.’
London Bar > Company
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 4Daniel Warents – XXIV Old Buildings ‘Unbelievably quick, clever, and tactically brilliant, Daniel is a very able and talented barrister who shows great judgement, sound research and good humour.’
London Bar > Commercial litigation
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 5Daniel Warents – XXIV Old Buildings
‘Daniel is an exceptional barrister. He has excellent attention to detail and the quality of his written work is very high. He is able to explain things clearly to lay clients and is very personable. However, it is the quality of his advocacy that is particularly impressive.‘
London Bar > Insolvency
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 4Daniel Warents –XXIV Old Buildings ‘Daniel is extremely bright and user-friendly. He is a very fine advocate and is able to stand his ground as against opposition’s silks.’
The English Bar Offshore > The English Bar Offshore
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 2Daniel Warents –XXIV Old Buildings ‘Daniel is unbelievably quick, very clever and tactically excellent.’