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Peter Arden KC

Peter Arden KC

Position

Peter is a highly regarded silk, with a focus on insolvency and restructuring, company and commercial chancery work. He has a particular expertise in large and complex insolvency cases, often with a cross-border element and, in many instances, concerning or involving businesses in the financial sector. Significant cases include: the Federal Mogul / T&N restructuring, Eurotunnel, the HIH litigation, the Baugur administration, Lehmans, the Landsbanki and Kaupthing insolvencies, Miss Sixty and other retail insolvencies, the TXU company voluntary arrangement, and the winding-up of Danka Business Systems and Travelodge.

Career

Called 1983, Gray’s Inn, QC 2006.

Memberships

Member of Association of Business Recovery Professionals; Member of the Chancery Bar Association.

Education

Chichester High School for Boys; University College, London (1981 LLB); Queens College, Cambridge (1982 LLM).

Mentions

London Bar

Company

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Peter Arden KC – Erskine Chambers ‘Peter is very experienced and has a great manner. He knows the law inside and out and provides very clear and accurate advice.’
London Bar

Insolvency

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Peter Arden KC – Erskine Chambers ‘Peter is extremely approachable, very user-friendly and popular with clients. He is highly intelligent and has the confidence of the judges he appears before.’