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Leading junior4Kavan Gunaratna – Enterprise Chambers
Enterprise Chambers
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Kavan Gunaratna
Enterprise Chambers, London
- Phone020 7405 9471
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Position
Kavan represents clients in disputes across the full spectrum of commercial-chancery litigation. He is ranked by the legal directories as a leading junior in several disciplines, reflecting his strength and expertise across the board, including in the fields of: insolvency and restructuring; property/ real estate disputes; and chancery-commercial litigation, where he is described as “unfailingly brilliant” and “one of the best barristers in the area” (see below). Kavan’s work is exclusively contentious and he is often on his feet, appearing in the Business and Property Courts of the High Court, in the specialist County Court lists, in Tribunals, and in the Appellate Courts in all of his fields of practice.
Kavan won Chambers & Partners - Company/Insolvency Junior of the Year award in 2022
Insolvency & Restructuring
Kavan deals with all aspects of corporate and personal insolvency.
His experience includes, all aspects of company, LLP, partnership and individual insolvency. His experience ranges from applications to set aside statutory demands, injunctions, bankruptcy petitions, administration applications, antecedent transaction claims (misfeasance, TUVs, preferences, s.423 IA 1986), unlawful dividends and distributions, wrongful trading and all other areas of insolvency.
Property
Kavan covers all types of real estate litigation, commercial landlord and tenant disputes, and residential lease and tenancy disputes
Commercial
All aspects of general commercial litigation and banking litigation, including commercial fraud, asset recovery, guarantees, secured lending and contractual disputes
Company
All types of company law, including directors’ disqualification, directors’ duties and shareholder’s disputes
Banking and Finance
Kavan has dealt with a range of banking enforcement matters such as guarantees and mortgages acting for both banks and sureties,
Partnership and LLP
Kavan has regularly advised and acted in partnership and LLP disputes. His assistance is often sought in the context of disputes among partners/members of professional partnerships/LLPs.
His multi-disciplinary expertise enables him to give complete advice on other aspects which regularly arise in partnership/LLP disputes, such as contract, insolvency, professional negligence, civil fraud, insurance and commercial property.
Professional Negligence and Disciplinary
As well as acting in cases involving alleged breaches of duties of care and skill by company directors and banks, Kavan regularly acts in professional negligence claims against solicitors, accountants, financial advisers and insolvency practitioners
Career
Called 2004, Lincoln’s Inn (Lord Mansfield Scholar and Sir Robert Megarry Scholar); Enterprise Chambers 2006.
Memberships
Member of the Chancery Bar Association
Member of Commerical Bar Association
Member of the Property Bar Association
Member of the Insolvency Lawyers’ Association
Member of the Association of Business Recovery Professionals (R3)
Member of INSOL International
Education
Kavan read law at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, before being called to the Bar with an ‘Outstanding’ classification (ranking in the top 10 of over 500 pupils in his year at bar school), and was awarded Lord Mansfield, Sir Robert Megarry and Hardwicke scholarships from Lincoln’s Inn as well as its Buchanan prize as the top scholar at his call.
Leisure
Travel, reading.
Mentions
London Bar
Insolvency
Leading junior3Kavan Gunaratna – Enterprise Chambers ‘Breadth of understanding. Extremely good on both paper and on his feet. Very clear with clients.’
London Bar
Property litigation
Leading junior2Kavan Gunaratna – Enterprise Chambers ‘Kavan is incredibly intelligent with a great grasp of multiple areas of law, which makes him a go-to counsel for tricky cases straddling lots of different subject areas.’