Charles Russell Speechlys LLP is especially skilled in high-value insolvency and distressed litigation mandates, and the practice also has a strong track record in acting for insolvency practitioners on transactions and security documentation reviews. The Cheltenham-based team is led by ‘exceptional litigator’ Daniel Moore, who has ’an astute eye for tactical considerations and thinks deeply and creatively about the legal issues in a case’. Moore also has experience across a range of non-contentious transactional matters.

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Testimonials

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  • 'They have an exceptional working relationship with their professional clients and understand precisely what service those clients require. They are pragmatic, commercial and efficient in their approach.’
  • ‘The team I have worked with most has been led on a day-to-day basis by Daniel Moore. Dan is an exceptional litigator. He has an astute eye for tactical considerations and thinks deeply and creatively about the legal issues in a case.’

Key clients

  • RSM Restructuring & Advisory
  • Begbies Traynor
  • Quantuma

Work highlights

  • Advising the joint liquidators of LBGP on the winding-up of five collective investment schemes arising out of the Lehman Brothers insolvency.
  • Advising Begbies Traynor on the risk to the proposed joint administrators.
  • Advising the joint liquidators of LBGP on the winding up of a subsidiary within the UK Lehman group.

Lawyers

Next Generation Partners
Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Daniel Moore