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Raquel Agnello KC KC
Position
Raquel is a sought-after specialist in insolvency, company and commercial litigation. Additionally, she is a highly-regarded expert in the area of pensions and insolvency, in particular the ’moral hazard’ provisions. She has led on many high profile cases on behalf of the Pensions Regulator, including on Nortel and Lehman in the Supreme Court. She is retained to advise corporate groups in relation to proposed restructurings and pension issues as well as extensively acting on behalf of the trustees of pension schemes, including Cobham PLC and Thames Water. She advises extensively on CVAs and is advising on complex 24 company interlocking CVAs in the Park First group. She acted for Victor Restis in his successful proceedings against Amanda Staveley. She sits as a Deputy Insolvency and Companies Court Judge in the High Court in London.
Career
Called 1986; Silk: 2009; sits in the High Court part time as Deputy Insolvency and Companies Court Judge; Bencher of the Inner Temple.
Languages
Fluent in French and Portuguese, working knowledge of Swedish.
Memberships
ChBA; ILA; FSLA; APL; IWRIC.
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Pensions
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 3Raquel Agnello KC –Erskine Chambers ‘Raquel is fantastic on her feet and manages the case and the court brilliantly, explaining complicated technical points with absolute clarity. An astute silk who is great with clients.’
London Bar > Insolvency
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 3Raquel Agnello KC – Erskine Chambers ‘Quite apart from Raquel’s charm and humour (which helps in stressful situations!) she is a perfect combination of the technical, strategic and practical. She hones in on the critical issues and gets straight to the point but while at the same time leading you there so as to leave no stone unturned.’
Erskine Chambers handles both contentious insolvency and corporate restructurings, with members acting on litigation arising from large insolvencies in the wake of the financial crisis, with Peter Arden KC having been instructed by a creditor in Re Project Lietzenburger Strasse Holdco S.A.R.L to oppose a restructuring plan proposed by a Luxembourg company, covering aspects of German law. Raquel Agnello KC has been involved in a number of high-profile cases, and covers restructuring based matters, including CVAs and acting for various businesses. Matthew Parfitt sits as a deputy insolvency judge and has a focus on public interest winding up, and the appointment of provisional liquidators, and Anna Scharnetzky is frequently instructed in contentious restructurings and claims brought by or against office-holders.