Northern Circuit
Exchange Chambers is ‘a really strong regional player’ for company and insolvency work, with clients holding the set in especially high regard for its insolvency expertise. Lisa Linklater KC is noted particularly for her experience handling shareholder disputes and insolvency matters. She offers ’pragmatic and commercially aware advice’ to national and international clients on a regular basis. Eleanor d’Arcy’s varied practice encompasses unfair prejudice petitions as well as the full spectrum of insolvency-related litigation. Steven Fennell is also a leading insolvency practitioner on the North Eastern Circuit. Matthew Maddison joined from Enterprise Chambers.
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Work Department
Commercial/ Insolvency/ Property
Position
Eleanor has developed a strong and diverse Commercial and Chancery Practice focusing principally on the areas of insolvency and corporate restructuring, property (both real and commercial) and dispute resolution.
Eleanor was recommended as Up and Coming on the North Eastern Circuit for Restructuring/Insolvency in Chambers & Partners UK for both 2013 and 2014 and in 2015 was described by Chambers & Partners UK as “one of the Northern Circuit’s rising stars” in Chancery work.
Memberships
- Chancery Bar Association
- Property Bar Association
Education
- MA Classics, St. John’s College Oxford [2002-2006]
- CPE BPP Law School Leeds [2006-2007]
- BVC BPP Law School Leeds [2007-2008]
- Scholarships: Lord Haldane, Lincoln’s Inn [2006-2007]
- Lord Denning, Lincoln’s Inn [2007-2008]
- Wolfson, Lincoln’s Inn [2008-2009]
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Testimonials
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- 'The clerks are first rate. Joe Mawson and Nick Buckley, particularly, really understand their instructing solicitors' needs and the prompt response times and the fact that they are always looking to "go the extra mile" makes them one of the sets in the country to deal with.'
- 'The clerking is very good at all levels.'
- 'A nice group of clerks and very helpful.'
- 'A good chambers, with helpful and responsive clerks.'
- 'Exchange Chambers has an excellent selection of counsel.'
- 'Exchange is unrivalled in the North for insolvency given their strength in depth.'
- 'A really strong regional player.'