Rachel Sleeman is Head of Chambers and the leader of the Insolvency and Company Practice Group at Five Paper. She is an experienced commercial and chancery litigation barrister specialising in the fields of insolvency and asset recovery, including the cross over areas of company law and civil fraud.
Rachel has a busy advocacy practice in the High Court and the Court of Appeal, acting as sole and leading counsel.
Clients appreciate Rachel’s user-friendly approach and her ability to find commercially realistic solutions.
Rachel Sleeman's practice encompasses:
Insolvency: Rachel acts for liquidators, administrators, receivers, directors and creditors in corporate insolvency matters both before a company enters into formal insolvency but also as part of the realisation, recovery and sale of assets process.
Rachel also advises on all aspects of personal insolvency. She has appeared in the leading reported cases dealing with bankrupts who are mentally incapacitated and also acts for creditors who wish to seek payments of debts from those who lack mental capacity.
Commercial: Rachel has particular experience in asset finance/factoring agreements and surrounding litigation; consumer lending transactions; enforcement of charges and costs disputes. She is regularly instructed by the Legal Aid Agency’s Debt Recovery Department in costs and debt recovery claims.
Civil Fraud: Rachel is experienced with civil fraud matters, in relation to commercial, banking or corporate. Matters often involve allegations of breach of fiduciary duty and breach of trust, conspiracy, deceit and fraudulent misrepresentation. She is often instructed to obtain Freezing Orders (including where assets are based in other jurisdictions (worldwide)).
Reported cases:
Re: Premier FX Limited [2021] EWHC 1321 (Ch); Arif v Sanger [2021] EWHC 3475 (QB); Arif v Sanger [2021] EWHC 1183 (QB); Lord Chancellor v John Blavo [2019] 6 WLUK 33; Lord Chancellor v John Blavo [2016] EWHC 126 (QB), Moloobhoy and another v Kanani [2013] Civ 600, Legal Services Commission v Sham Loomba; Legal Services Commission v Ngozi Blessing Ulasi; Legal Services Commission v Simon Anthony Carter & others [2012] EWHA 29 (QB), Marquis Francois-Eudes de Louville de Toucy v (1) Bonhams 1793 Limited (2) The Official Receiver [2011] EWHC 3809 (Ch); (2011) All ER (D) 32, Bright Asset Ltd v Simon Lewis [2011] EWCA Civ 122, Nicola Haworth v (1) Donna Cartmel (Trustee in bankruptcy of Nicola Haworth (2) The Commissioners of HM Revenue and Customs [2011] EWHC 36 (CH),
Called 1996; Gray’s Inn.
COMBAR; London Common Law and Commercial Bar Association.
King’s College, London (1995 LLB; AKC).