LawDragon Leading Global Restructuring & Bankruptcy Lawyers’ Guide 2020

We are delighted to announce that Philip Jones QC and Daniel Lightman QC have been selected to be included in the inaugural edition of the Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Restructuring & Bankruptcy Lawyers' Guide 2020. Lawdragon says that 'the 500 honorees have been selected from intensive journalistic research and are recognised as those handling the biggest restructurings globally, intersected with professional leadership and respect of their peers. The result is a set of magicians whose sleights-of-hand can for years be on pause. And then a torrent rips through and their specific skills are all that can save us.'

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Philip Jones KC

Call: 1985
Silk: 2006

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.