David Johnson

David has broad experience in high value, multi-jurisdictional disputes with particular experience in disputes involving allegations of breach of duty and fraud; dealing with heavy interim and injunctive relief (including freezing and receivership orders and antisuit injunctions); coordinating parallel proceedings across various jurisdictions; and utilising insolvency proceedings as part of a broader litigation strategy. Drawing on his background as an insolvency lawyer, David also has a busy restructuring and insolvency practice, focusing on advisory and contentious mandates. In this respect, he has particular experience dealing with cross-border recognition and the coordination of insolvency proceedings across several jurisdictions; contentious restructuring, including challenges to Restructuring Plans and Schemes of Arrangement; advising stakeholders in the insolvencies of financial institutions (including under the Investment Bank Special Administration regime); and dealing with high-value mandates which involve complex regulatory issues, including under economic sanctions regulations and the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002. · PCB Byrne

EnglandCommercial Litigation, Civil FraudEnglish

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About

David is a lawyer at PCB Byrne with broad experience in high-value, multi-jurisdictional disputes and a busy restructuring and insolvency practice. He handles allegations of breach of duty and fraud, heavy interim and injunctive relief (including freezing and receivership orders and antisuit injunctions), cross-border coordination of insolvency proceedings, contentious restructuring (including challenges to Restructuring Plans and Schemes of Arrangement), and advising stakeholders in financial institution insolvencies; he is a member of R3.

Practice areas

Commercial LitigationCivil FraudInsolvency & RestructuringContentious InsolvencyCross-Border Litigation

Office

England

PCB Byrne · David has broad experience in high value, multi-jurisdictional disputes with particular experience in disputes involving allegations of breach of duty and fraud; dealing with heavy interim and injunctive relief (including freezing and receivership orders and antisuit injunctions); coordinating parallel proceedings across various jurisdictions; and utilising insolvency proceedings as part of a broader litigation strategy. Drawing on his background as an insolvency lawyer, David also has a busy restructuring and insolvency practice, focusing on advisory and contentious mandates. In this respect, he has particular experience dealing with cross-border recognition and the coordination of insolvency proceedings across several jurisdictions; contentious restructuring, including challenges to Restructuring Plans and Schemes of Arrangement; advising stakeholders in the insolvencies of financial institutions (including under the Investment Bank Special Administration regime); and dealing with high-value mandates which involve complex regulatory issues, including under economic sanctions regulations and the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002.

England

Expertise

Cross-border recognition and coordination of insolvency proceedingsContentious restructuring – challenges to Restructuring Plans and Schemes of ArrangementAdvising stakeholders in insolvencies of financial institutionsInvestment Bank Special Administration regimeInterim and injunctive relief (freezing orders, receivership orders, antisuit injunctions)Regulatory issues including economic sanctions and Proceeds of Crime Act 2002

Education

Degree in Law, Newcastle University
Secondment at a FTSE 250 energy company

Languages

English