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Commercial disputes
Leading silk2Michael 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.’
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Michael Todd KC
Erskine Chambers, London
- Phone020 7242 5532
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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.
Mentions
London Bar
Company
Leading silk2Michael Todd KC – Erskine Chambers ‘Michael is compelling in court, unflappable and clear. A silk with great gravitas.’