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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 wealth and probate
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 2Daniel Warents –XXIV Old Buildings ‘Daniel is a first-rate junior destined for higher things. He always has a fantastic grasp on the whole scope of a case, no matter how complicated, and works in a notably clear, methodical and persuasive.’
XXIV Old Buildings is ‘the leading set for domestic and international contentious trust, probate and commercial disputes’. Elspeth Talbot Rice KC is heavily involved in complex and high-value contentious trust matters, including applications for addition and removal of beneficiaries, removal or substitute trustee and restructuring of the trusts. ‘A real intellectual giant of the chancery Bar’, Adam Cloherty KC, is currently acting for the beneficiary in a case concerning the structuring of trusts holding several UK companies, in a dispute over control of the structure. On the junior end, Daniel Warents garners praise for his ‘skilful and slick cross-examination’, and Elizabeth Weaver regularly acts for trustees, executors and beneficiaries and is known for ‘spotting the critical points for development in any case’.
London Bar > Insolvency
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 4Daniel Warents – XXIV Old Buildings ‘Daniel is an exceptional advocate, with an amazing talent when it comes to explaining complex legal issues. His cross-examination is also strong, with a superb instinct for knowing when to stop and when to press on. He always gives sound commercial advice in a way that clients understand.’
London Bar > Company
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 4Daniel Warents – XXIV Old Buildings ‘Daniel has a tremendous talent for distilling legal propositions from complex caselaw and applying them to the facts.’
London Bar > Commercial litigation
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 5Daniel Warents – XXIV Old Buildings ‘Daniel is one of the best juniors in the chancery division, who has a particular talent when it comes to complex legal submissions. His cross-examination is skilful and slick, making him an obvious choice for junior-led trials. He also puts clients first and is always on hand in larger and more complex matters.’
The English Bar Offshore > Trusts and private wealth
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 2Daniel Warents – XXIV Old Buildings ‘Daniel is an outstanding junior. He blends serious intelligence with a very pleasant and down-to-earth manner.’
The English Bar Offshore > Commercial disputes
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 2Daniel Warents – XXIV Old Buildings ‘Daniel is an outstanding junior, thoroughly across the law and with a knack for presenting matters in a straightforward and sensible way. He blends serious intelligence with a very pleasant and down-to-earth manner.’