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Wilberforce Chambers
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LONDON
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Sri Carmichael
Position
Sri specialises in civil fraud, commercial litigation, company law and insolvency. Much of her practice focuses on fraud claims, often involving wrongdoing by directors. She also specialises in shareholder, joint venture and contractual disputes, as well as applications on behalf of officeholders and creditors. She is frequently instructed on complex civil fraud cases due to her cross-disciplinary expertise in company law and insolvency. Many of her instructions have an international dimension.
Sri is an experienced trial advocate and has appeared both as sole counsel and with a leader in high value Commercial Court, Chancery Division and arbitral matters. She has succeeded in a number of claims that have required her to undertake extensive cross-examination in respect of allegations of fraud and dishonesty.
Career
Call: 2012
Memberships
Chancery Bar Association
Commercial Bar Association
Insolvency Lawyers Association
INSOL International
R3
YFLA
IWIRC
Education
BPTC (BPP London) – Outstanding
GDL (BPP London) – Distinction
BSc Politics (University of Bristol)
Award for outstanding performance on the BPTC – Inner Temple
Exhibition Scholarships for BPTC and GDL – Inner Temple
First prize, Individual Mediator – International Academy of Dispute Resolution International Law School Mediation Tournament 2012, Chicago
First prize, Individual Mediator and first prize, Mediation Team – UK Law Schools Mediation Competition 2012
Attorney General’s C Panel of Civil Counsel
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Insolvency
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 3Sri Carmichael – Wilberforce Chambers ‘Sri is fantastically talented at identifying the critical issue to be addressed in any situation. She can absorb a huge amount of technical information quickly, sifting the wheat from the chaff and getting to the heart of a dispute. She is decisive and focused, but incredibly approachable and responsive with it. She is formidable as counsel, but a pleasure to have as a professional acquaintance.’
London Bar > Company
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 4Sri Carmichael – Wilberforce Chambers ‘Sri is an absolutely exceptional advocate. She is tenacious and meticulous.’
London Bar > Commercial litigation
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 4Sri Carmichael – Wilberforce Chambers ‘Sri’s strategic insight is overlaid with a brilliant analytical mind and a superb eye for detail.’
Wilberforce Chambers is recognised as an ‘excellent commercial Chancery set’, offering specialist expertise across various areas including banking and finance, insolvency, fraud, and commercial contract disputes. In a notable cryptocurrency dispute, John Wardell KC leads Bobby Friedman and Sri Carmichael in representing the claimant in Tulip Trading LLP v Bitcoin Association following a hack on the computer of CEO Craig Steven Wright, raising questions about whether Bitcoin developers owe fiduciary duties to fraud victims. Alan Gourgey KC represents principal defendants in Bourlakova v Bourlakov, a case involving assets worth nearly £3bn belonging to the late Russian businessman Oleg Burlakov. Additionally, in Mitchell v Al Jabar, Clare Stanley KC defended Sheikh Mohamed Bin Issa Al Jaber regarding whether directors of BVI companies owe fiduciary duties post-liquidation.
London Bar > Fraud: civil
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 4Sri Carmichael – Wilberforce Chambers ‘Sri is a fantastic advocate – ferocious when required, calm and collected when not.’
London Bar > Crypto and blockchain assets
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 2Sri Carmichael – Wilberforce Chambers ‘Sri is cool under pressure. She immediately gets to grips with a complex novel issues for very demanding clients. She gives confidence to clients and instructing solicitors as she is approachable and unfazed by having her advice tested but decisive when it matters.’