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Mark Arnold KC

Mark Arnold KC

South Square, London

Position

Mark specialises in domestic and cross-border restructuring and insolvency, banking and finance, commercial law and company law.

In recent years, Mark has appeared or advised in major restructurings and insolvencies and other substantial matters in various sectors, including energy (TXU), oil and gas (Paragon Offshore, Prospector and others), banking and financial services (MF Global, ARM Asset backed Securities, SAAD, Lehman, Kaupthing and others), pensions (Lehman: Storm Funding and Dana), retail (Stripes, Card Protection Plan, Woolworths), shipping (Northsea Base Investments Group and others, principally Chinese and Korean shipbuilders), telecommunications (Phones4U, Hellas Telecommunications, Dolphin and others).

Mark is a contributor to Company Directors: Duties, Liabilities and Remedies (Mortimore, OUP, 3rd edition 2017: chapters on directors’ duties) and Cross-Border Insolvency Fourth Edition (Sheldon, Bloomsbury, 2015: chapter on the EU Insolvency Regulation). He was co-author (with Peter Arden QC) of the joint response of the Chancery Bar Association and the Bar Council to the EU consultation on the amendment of the Insolvency Regulation 1346/2000, leading to the recast Insolvency Regulation 2015/848.

Career

Called 1988; QC 2013.

Memberships

Commercial Bar Association, Chancery Bar Association.

Education

Downing College, University of Cambridge (1990 MA).

Mentions

London Bar

Company

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Mark Arnold KC – South Square ‘Mark is a go-to barrister for insolvency and company work. He conveys a calm authority in the courtroom.’
London Bar

Insolvency

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Mark Arnold KC – South Square ‘Mark is excellent and is one of my go-to barristers for insolvency and company work. He has an incredible knowledge of insolvency and company law and conveys a calm authority in the courtroom that gives the judge confidence in his submissions and in his client’s position.’