David Leibowitz Email & Phone Number

"absolutely brilliant - very clever and always delivers for his clients" (Legal 500 2016) "utterly charming and unassuming - living proof that nice guys win"- (Chambers 2016). “clients can rely on his calm and sensible advice, and great experience of the market" “highly analytical and personable…….extremely knowledgeable about the intricacies of insurance insolvency……has strong analytical skills and is a pleasure to work with” (Chambers 2015) "The superb David Leibowitz is well liked by clients and barristers and is a pleasure to work with" (Legal 500 2015) David is a restructuring and insolvency partner at BLP.David is an insolvency litigation specialist. He acts regularly for banks, insolvency practitioners, trade creditors, directors, shareholders, the Insolvency Service and foreign lawyers on both domestic and cross border insolvencies.He has extensive experience in dispute resolution in the context of commercial fraud, cases concerning validity of security, asset recovery, guarantees, director’s duties, transactional avoidance and disqualification proceedings.He has particular expertise in restructuring and insolvency assignments in the insurance and financial services industries and the interaction between FSMA and the Insolvency Act.David is the author of the chapter on Administrations in the current edition of Tolley’s Insolvency Law.David is a CEDR accredited mediator. He is a member of the R3 Education Committee. He is a consultant to Oxford University Press and is on the Consulting Editorial Board for LexisNexis. He is recognised by both Chambers and Legal 500 as a leading practitioner in insolvency law. David lectures regularly on insolvency litigation and related topics.

Listed skills include Restructuring, Dispute Resolution, Legal Advice, Bankruptcy, and 5 others.