Mishcon de Reya LLP is best known for its contentious insolvency expertise and is very well-positioned to maximise returns on behalf of IPs. Many of these matters include allegations of fraud/dishonesty, including in a cross-border setting. The team is also very skilled at acting for respondents, including directors of troubled companies, in disqualification proceedings. Danny Davis excels at handling cases both for and against administrators and heads up an accomplished team that also includes the vastly experienced David Leibowitz and Radford Goodman, who joined in 2024 from Norton Rose Fulbright adding further weight behind the firm’s cross-border capabilities, in particular.
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Testimonials
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- ‘The firm has excellent technical knowledge.’
Key clients
- London Capital & Finance plc – acting for the FinbarrO'Connell and others as Joint Administrators
- Henry Construction Projects Limited – acting for David Hudson and Geoffrey Rowley both of FRP as Joint Administrators
- Royale Life Group of Companies – acting for Geoff Rowley and Paul Allen both of FRP Advisory as Joint Administrators
- Noble Tree Foundation Limited (and Noble Tree Housing Limited) - acting for John Dickinson of CBW Recovery and Adam Stephens of Evelyn Partners as Joint Liquidators
- Castilo UK Development Ltd - acting for Colin Hardman and Finbarr O'Connell (both of Evelyn Partners LLP), as Joint Liquidators
- Invenia Technical Computing Corporation
- Evergrande – Instructed by Karas So LLP, with the Joint Liquidators of China Evergrande Group (in Liquidation)(liquidators from Alvarez & Marsal Asia) as the ultimate client
Work highlights
Advising the joint liquidators of London Capital & Finance PLC in relation to a claim against Telefonica UK arising out of £237m investment fraud.
Practice head
Danny Davis
Other key lawyers
David Leibowitz; Radford Goodman