Praised as a ‘very strong commercial’ chambers, Erskine Chambers is a ’go-to set for complex company law and insolvency and restructuring matters’. Other areas of expertise for its members include corporate transactions and the financial services sector. Michael Todd KC is a notable silk at the set with expertise in company law mandates, as well as corporate finance, capital markets, and corporate insolvency disputes. Todd KC is acting for the defendant in Athene Ltd v Siddiqui, a case concerning allegations of misusing confidential information, which will be heard before the Supreme Court of Bermuda. For David Chivers KC BVI restructuring and insolvency form key areas of practice, while Edward Davies KC is also called to the Bar in the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court. Turning to the juniors, Andrew Blake is acting for Jardine Strategic Limited in a case surrounding a $5.5bn restructuring, in which more than 80 plaintiffs are seeking compensation. Anna Scharnetzky is another key junior in this case.
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Profile
Position
David is a highly experienced, sought-after silk specialising in company law, corporate litigation and corporate restructuring/insolvency - onshore, offshore and internationally. He is known for the quality of both his advocacy and advisory skills. David has acted on many key corporate transactions and appeared in leading cases at all levels up to the Supreme Court and Privy Council. David sat as an additional judge of the British Virgin Islands commercial court and is regularly appointed as an arbitrator due to his expertise in complex cross border and corporate disputes.
Career
Bencher of Lincoln’s Inn and Chair of Audit and Risk Committee. Admitted to the Bars of the following jurisdictions: BVI, and ad hoc to Bermuda and Cayman. Acting Judge of the BVI Commercial Court January to March 2018.
PUBLICATIONS:
Contributor to Co-operatives that Work (Spokesman 1988); Practice and Procedure in the Companies Court (Lloyds of London Press 1997); The Law of Majority Shareholders Power, Use and Abuse (OUP 2017).
Memberships
ChBA, ILA, III, RISA (Cayman).
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- "Alex Calder is excellent. He is very helpful and provides timely responses which is important.'
- 'Alex Calder and Seamus Nixon have been extremely helpful and very user-friendly.'
- 'The clerks at Erskine chambers are an excellent team; quick to respond, helpful and pragmatic, and understanding of the challenges faced by instructing solicitors. They are polite, professional and hard working.'
- 'Erskine is a very strong commercial set which you feel confident approaching for important matters requiring counsel's involvement. Clerks provide timely responses and the barristers are excellent. Having seen some of their juniors, it is clear that they attract and train excellent barristers.'
- 'Erskine is the go-to set for complex company law and insolvency and restructuring matters. Their members are the brightest company law set, who are easy to work with and very available.'