Disputes Nightmares: What would you do if your business faced a shareholder rebellion?

A disgruntled shareholder has real and powerful legal tools to mount a challenge to the board's composition. Under the Companies Act 2006, removing a director is, in procedural terms, relatively straightforward. The question is not whether shareholders can do it, but whether your board is prepared to manage, resist, or survive the attempt.

This afternoon, as part of Mishcon de Reya LLP Disputes Nightmares session, Daniel Lightman KC joins Saul Sender and Shona Coffer to cover the immediate legal steps to challenge or contain a coup, the governance measures that should have been in place already, and the remedies available when the worst happens.

To join online from 12 PM, click here to register.

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As part of a broad Chancery-Commercial practice, Daniel Lightman KC engages with challenging and novel issues of law and civil procedure, in particular concerning shareholder disputes (having appeared in a number of landmark unfair prejudice petitions and derivative claims), company law (including in matrimonial proceedings), insolvency, civil fraud, breach of fiduciary duty and professional negligence.

Shortlisted for Company/Insolvency Silk of the Year in the Chambers & Partners UK Bar Awards in both 2026 and 2024 and shortlisted for Chancery Silk of the Year in the Legal 500 Bar Awards 2026, Daniel is recommended in Band 1 for Silks for Company by both Chambers UK, 2027 and the Legal 500, 2027 – and in Band 1 for Chancery Commercial by Chambers. Chambers UK, 2027 describes him as “A go-to silk for high value, complex disputes who leads the pack on shareholder disputes. He has great judgement and always furnishes reliable advice” and praises him for “constantly identifying innovative solutions to complex problems” and building “outstanding relationships with the wider legal team.”

Daniel has an extensive international practice, including current or recent shareholder litigation in the courts of Abu Dhabi, Bermuda, Cayman, Guernsey and Qatar, and a multi-shareholder arbitration in Hong Kong.