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Carly Sandbach

Carly Sandbach

Exchange Chambers, North West

Work Department

Commercial; Insolvency

Position

Carly is a leading individual whose practice covers all aspects of chancery and commercial litigation and advisory work. She has a broad range of experience in matters including insolvency (both personal and corporate), company and partnership, shareholder disputes, directors disqualification, professional negligence, banking, mortgage, guarantees and recovery of assets, trusts, contractual disputes and sale of goods.

Carly is consistently recommended as a Leading Individual in Chambers and Partners. In Chambers and Partners 2021 she was recommended as a Leading Individual in both the fields of Commercial Dispute Resolution and Restructuring/Insolvency.

Described as “technically excellent and a very, very good advocate”; clients report that she is sensible and down-to-earth, fights cases with vigour and is proactive and able to quickly grasp the issues. “She can be a real fighter when she needs to be, but is also very polished and very clever.

Carly has earned a reputation for thoroughness: her preparation for hearings and conferences is described by the Legal 500 as simply “excellent on the law and extremely tenacious.”

In 2010 Carly was appointed as Junior Counsel to the Crown (Provincial Panel) and was re-appointed in 2018 to Regional Panel A.

Her clients include insolvency practitioners, banks, multi-nationals, small businesses, professional firms and private individuals, as well as the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and other Government Departments.

Career

Called 2006; Junior Counsel to the Crown (Provincial Panel)

Memberships

Chancery Bar Association Northern Circuit Commercial Bar Association Northern Chancery Bar Association Northern Administrative Law Association Association of Business Recovery Professionals (R3)

Education

First Class Honours degree in Law at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge

Mentions

Northern Circuit • Regional Bar

Commercial litigation

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Carly Sandbach – Exchange Chambers ‘Carly is incredibly bright, provides clear legal advice, is commercially astute, and user friendly with clients. She is also a tenacious and highly skilled advocate.'
Northern Circuit • Regional Bar

Company and insolvency

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Carly Sandbach – Exchange Chambers 'Carly is excellent, as she combines fierce intelligence with commercial nous. She is also a very strong advocate who is clear and concise.'