Stephenson Harwood

Julian’s insolvency practice covers both corporate and personal insolvency. He acts for insolvency practitioners, creditors, debtors, directors, and all other stakeholders in the insolvency process, with a focus on court driven and contentious insolvency matters.

He is part of Stephenson Harwood’s Chambers-ranked Tier 1 personal insolvency practice (he is also individually ranked by Chambers), which revolves around advising in relation to insolvent individuals with multi-million pound debts and global assets.

Julian sits on the technical committee of R3, the trade association for the insolvency and restructuring profession in the UK.

Recent instructions include acting for the Liquidators of Rangers Football Club; for Receivers appointed by the Court following an application made by Deutsche Bank, as judgment creditor for US$235 million plus interest, in light of the decision of Mr Justice Cooke in Deutsche Bank AG v Sebastian Holdings Inc; and for the Trustees in Bankruptcy of Boris Becker.

Julian also advises in relation to commercial disputes across a broad range of industries and sectors. This includes both domestic proceedings, as well as international and cross-border litigation strategies.