North Eastern Circuit • Regional Bar
Company and insolvency
Leading junior1Steven Fennell – Exchange Chambers
Exchange Chambers
Barristers
Steven Fennell
Exchange Chambers, Yorkshire And The Humber
- Phone0113 203 1970
- Email[email protected]
- Profilewww.exchangechambers.co.uk
Work Department
Commercial; Insolvency
Position
Steven specialises in commercial, financial and insolvency litigation and professional negligence and regulatory matters for the legal and accountancy professions.
Steven qualified as a solicitor in 1996, as an insolvency practitioner in 1999, and a solicitor advocate in 2013, before transferring to the Bar in 2014. He became a CEDR-accredited mediator in 2012.
Steven’s commercial practice includes:
- Shareholder disputes
- Partnership and LLP disputes
- Sale of goods and supply of services
- Banking and finance litigation
- Franchise litigation
- Commercial fraud, including applications for freezing injunctions and search and seizure orders
- Consumer Credit
Steven also regularly undertakes non-contentious advisory work on instructions from solicitors.
Career
Solicitor 1996; insolvency practitioner in 1999; solicitor advocate in 2013; Called to the Bar 2014; Accredited Mediator
Memberships
Insolvency Lawyers
Association R3
Education
University of Bristol (LLB)
Merton College, Oxford (BCL)
Accredited Mediator (CEDR)
Leisure
Steven is a keen supporter of the arts with a particular interest in the Theatre, Opera, Photography and Music – where enthusiasm partly compensates for lack of natural talent. He is also a keen cook.