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Michael Todd KC KC
Position
Michael specialises in litigation and transactional advice on company law, corporate finance, capital markets and corporate insolvency, in the UK and internationally. Described as one of the first people to call for advice on complex restructurings, contested takeovers and schemes, his significant matters include: Virgin Money IPO; Essar Energy; Pfizer/AstraZeneca; Xstrata/Glencore; Coroin plc; Bumi plc; BAT v Winward (asset protection); Re PCCW Ltd (CA Hong Kong; scheme of arrangement), Validus v IPC (Bermuda; hostile scheme); Anglo Petroleum Ltd v TFB Mortgages (CA; financial assistance); Re Prudential Enterprise Ltd (CFA Hong Kong; shareholder dispute); American Patriot Agency (PC Bermuda; commercial fraud); Tenaga (Malaysia; piercing corporate veil); Waddington v Chan (Hong Kong/BVI; derivative actions). Michael has advised regulators including the FCA, Channel Islands Stock Exchange, Hong Kong Stock Exchange and Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission.
Career
Called: 1977. Silk: 1997. Appeared in courts of Hong Kong, BVI, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Isle of Man, Turks & Caicos Islands and Northern Ireland as well as in the Privy Council.
Memberships
Chairman of the Bar (2012); Chairman of ChBA (2008–11); Contributor to FromCounsel; Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators; COMBAR; ILA; RISA (Cayman); FSLA.
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Company
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 2Michael Todd KC – Erskine Chambers ‘Michael is compelling in court, unflappable and clear. A silk with great gravitas.’
London Bar > Commercial litigation
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 5The English Bar Offshore > Commercial disputes
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 2Michael Todd KC – Erskine Chambers ‘For difficult cases on complex points of law and before appellate courts in particular, he is a natural choice whom teams and clients alike love.’
Praised as a ‘very strong commercial’ chambers, Erskine Chambers is a ‘go-to set for complex company law and insolvency and restructuring matters’. Other areas of expertise for its members include corporate transactions and the financial services sector. Michael Todd KC is a notable silk at the set with expertise in company law mandates, as well as corporate finance, capital markets, and corporate insolvency disputes. Todd KC is acting for the defendant in Athene Ltd v Siddiqui, a case concerning allegations of misusing confidential information, which will be heard before the Supreme Court of Bermuda. For David Chivers KC BVI restructuring and insolvency form key areas of practice, while Edward Davies KC is also called to the Bar in the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court. Turning to the juniors, Andrew Blake is acting for Jardine Strategic Limited in a case surrounding a $5.5bn restructuring, in which more than 80 plaintiffs are seeking compensation. Anna Scharnetzky is another key junior in this case.