I am a partner in the commercial dispute resolution team, providing pragmatic advice in the resolution and prevention of financial services, insolvency and commercial contract disputes.
I have over 13 years’ experience in handling a wide range of business finance, insolvency and commercial contact disputes.
I have developed a sector specialism in aviation-based disputes, where I regularly advise on disputes ranging from MRO, procurement, leasing and regulatory compliance.
With respect to insolvency disputes, I regularly advise on contentious corporate and personal insolvency matters, with a particular focus on court work involving office-holder claims and creditors’ security enforcement.
Areas of expertise:
- Business finance disputes
- Complex contractual disputes
- Insolvency disputes and office holder claims
- Bankruptcy
- Aviation disputes
- Security enforcement
- M&A disputes
- Debt recovery
- International arbitration
Qualifications and memberships
- Admitted as a solicitor in October 2010
If I'm unavailable, please contact:
Michelle Kingscott
Legal Secretary +44(0)1403 831225 [email protected]
My experience
Assistance in the reported decision affirming lenders’ reliance on conclusive evidence clauses in Catalyst Business Finance Limited v Very Tangy Television Limited & Others [2018].
Advising trustee in bankruptcy since 2020 on the continued management and realisation of multiple assets in bankrupt’s property portfolio throughout London.
Advising the Liquidators in a successful claim for unlawful dividends in the reported decision in Toone and another v Robbins and another [2018].
Successfully leading our debt recovery team in recovering the significant part of a £2.5million invoice finance ledger exposure for an international ABL client.
Leading advisor on a defended action and counterclaim brought in the Dutch Court against a leading Dutch aviation MRO provider.
Regular advisor to a leading U.K based Aircraft Lesor and manufacturer on various claims ranging from rent payment, breach of warranty to regulatory compliance.
How we made a difference
William Angas is very commercial with excellent insolvency knowledge and lots of experience in fraud and directors’ duty claims. Ben Ashworth is very good at getting to grips with detail.
Legal 500 2024
My thinking
What price for your silence? The decision in Northamber Plc v Genee World Ltd [2024]
Litigation Privilege v Without Prejudice Communications
Compulsory mediation to be Implemented on all small claims
HMRC investigations on the increase - bounce-back loans
Winding up petitions
More haste less speed. How failing to make an initial demand under a personal guarantee could render a later statutory demand as defective
Protecting Future Costs in Litigation – Introduction of the New Precedent T Form and Procedure from 1 October 2020
Insolvency Practitioners: Is your after-the-event insurance policy full of holes?
Personal guarantees – When blue turns to grey
Moving on from Ground-Hog Day. Dealing with Vexatious Litigants with Extended Civil Restraining Orders.
Awards
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