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Simeon Gilchrist

Simeon Gilchrist

Work Department

Insolvency

Position

With both contentious and transactional insolvency expertise, Simeon advises insolvency practitioners, banks, distressed companies and individuals in a wide range of both corporate and personal insolvency matters. His corporate transactional work has an administration bias with the preparation of business sales being a particular specialism. In personal insolvency matters, Simeon has a specialist European Regulation practice, advising individuals, practitioners and creditors on the application of the European Regulation and what is known as COMI shifting or bankruptcy tourism.

Simeon has edited and written works on Company Meetings in insolvency proceedings and the disqualification legislation for directors. He also lectures to insolvency practitioners and lawyers both in England and abroad on procedural and substantive elements of insolvency law and practice.

Publications of note include Tolley’s ‘Company Meetings’ (editor, ‘Insolvency Meetings’) and Tolley’s ‘Director’s Duties’ (author, ‘Disqualification’).

Career

Trained Alsop Wilkinson; qualified 1992; associate Druces & Attlee 1996-99; partner 1999-2007; partner Edwin Coe 2007.

Languages

French.

Memberships

Council Member of R3: The Association of Business Recovery ProfessionalsChair of Small Practices Group for R3INSOL EuropeFrench Chamber of Commerce

Education

Guiseley School; Leicester and Strasbourg Universities (1989, LLB law with French (2ii)); Nottingham Trent Law School (1990, CSF).

Leisure

Horses, football, family, food and wine, theatre.