Chris Mitchell > Aaron & Partners LLP > Chester, England > Lawyer Profile
Aaron & Partners LLP Offices
5-7 GROSVENOR COURT
FOREGATE STREET
CHESTER
CH1 1HG
England
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Chris Mitchell
Work Department
Dispute Resolution and Insolvency
Position
Partner
Career
Chris is an associate solicitor in the Dispute Resolution & Insolvency team and has over 12 years’ experience, including 9 years with Addleshaw Goddard.
He advises on commercial issues arising from contracts, company law, banking, restructuring and dispute resolution.
His experience covers transactional work (eg. sales and purchases of businesses and assets out of insolvency) as well as document heavy litigation.
His disputes experience includes 3 cases at Court of Appeal level and a Supreme Court decision which is the leading authority on the defence of limitation for directors faced with breach of duty claims, as well as many mediations to explore settlement as an alternative to the court.
Lawyer Rankings
North West > Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
(Leading partners)The insolvency practice at Aaron & Partners LLP is headed from Chester by Mark Davies, and is well-equipped to advise its national and international portfolio of clients on pre-pack administrations and acquisitions. Davies and Vicky Burgess are described as a ‘formidable team’, and Chris Mitchell regularly assists businesses in financial distress. Matthew Martin joined the group from Clarke Willmott LLP in October 2023, bringing his deep knowledge of contentious insolvency matters involving antecedent transactions and proof of debt appeals.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading partners North West > Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- Insolvency and corporate recovery North West > Finance
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: elsewhere in the North West
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Energy and projects
Firm Rankings
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: elsewhere in the North West
- Real estate > Commercial property: elsewhere in the North West
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Employment > Employment
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Energy and projects
- Private client > Family
- Real estate > Planning and environment
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery