Amanda Hadkiss > Chambers of Michael Gibbon KC > London, England > Barrister Profile

Amanda Hadkiss

02074061200 ahadkiss@maitlandchambers.com

Position

Amanda specialises in commercial chancery litigation. She acts for corporate clients and private individuals in commercial, company, property, media and entertainment, offshore, intellectual property and insolvency disputes.

Amanda is a strong advocate. She is regularly instructed to represent clients in cases in the High Court and in the County Court, working both as sole counsel and as part of a larger counsel team, and has appeared in the appellate courts as junior counsel.

Amanda provides practical and strategic legal advice and represents clients from a broad range of industries and sectors that are involved in commercial and chancery disputes. From within the financial sector, she is frequently instructed by major banks and lenders, and has acted for clients such as leading accountancy firms and a major hedge fund group. From within the media and entertainment sectors she has acted for clients such as the BBC, major record companies, global publishing firms, theatre companies, actors, fashion designers, and contemporary artists. Amanda has experience of acting for clients in the energy sector (both oil and gas and renewable) and for several major high street retailers. She also acts frequently for private individuals involved in business and property disputes, including shareholders, landlords, tenants, and property owners.

Amanda was called to the Bar of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (BVI) in 2018. She has undertaken secondments at leading offshore law firms in both the BVI and the Cayman Islands.

Career

Called to the Bar in 2014. Legal Researcher at Peters & Peters Solicitors LLP 2014 – 2015.

Languages

German (intermediate).

Memberships

Chancery Bar Association, COMBAR, Asset Recovery Next Gen, Female Fraud Forum, Young Fraud Lawyers Association, IPSoc

Education

University of Oxford, Postgraduate Diploma in Intellectual Property Law (Distinction)

Kaplan Law School, BPTC (Outstanding)

The City Law School, GDL (Merit)

Queens’ College, University of Cambridge, MA History (First Class)

Leisure

Travel, sport.