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Matthew Abraham

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Position

Matthew’s practice includes insolvency and restructuring, commercial litigation/arbitration, banking and financial services and company law. He has an interest in international work and in particular work from Asia, the Middle East and the Caribbean.

Since joining Chambers, Matthew has been involved in a number of high-profile insolvencies and restructurings dealing with issues covering chambers’ main practice areas listed below. For example he has been involved in Lehman Brothers, Four Seasons Health Care, Carillion, House of Fraser, Phones4U, Flybe, Toys “R” Us, Cambridge Analytica, Steinhoff and the Arcadia Group. Matthew has also been involved in high profile personal insolvencies cases such as Boris Becker and Vijay Mallya.

Matthew spent 6 months of his third year in practice in Singapore at Clifford Chance Asia. Whilst there he worked closely with the Litigation and Dispute Resolution department focussing on cross-border insolvencies and commercial arbitrations arising out of Asia and the Middle East. On his return to Chambers Matthew has continued to develop his practice in these areas including work arising out of India.

Career

Called 2012; Lincoln’s Inn. Company Law Tutor at Oxford University 2011-13. Publications of note: Tapping the intangible: security interests and intellectual property, Part I, Insolv. Int. 2013, 26(8), 113-119; Tapping the intangible: security interests and intellectual property, Part II, Insolv. Int. 2014, 27(3), 33-37; and contributor to Corporate Administrations and Rescue Procedures, 3rd Edition, (forthcoming).

Memberships

British Institute of International Comparative Law, Commercial Bar Association, Commonwealth Lawyers’ Association, INSOL International.

Education

University College London (LLB, First Class); St Catherine’s College, Oxford University (BCL); BPP (BPTC, Outstanding).