Chambers BAR awards 2010 Winner

Barry Isaacs

Barry Isaacs QC

Contact details:
3-4 South Square, Gray’s Inn, London WC1R 5HP
Telephone +44 (0)20 7696 9900
LDE 338 (Chancery Lane)

Email practicemanagers@southsquare.com
Web www.southsquare.com

 

Professional Career:
2011 Appointed Queen’s Counsel
1999 Called to the Bermuda Bar (for the Bermuda
Fire litigation)
1994 Called to the English Bar
1991 – 1993 Henderson Investors plc, Investment Manager
1989 – 1991 Bain & Company, Strategy Consultant
Education:
Associate of the Society of Actuaries

Harvard University, MA

Oxford University, Oriel College, MA

 

Areas of practice:
Domestic and cross-border Restructuring/Insolvency. Recent cases include Nortel; Quinn Group; New Cap Re (CA); Southern Cross; Rodenstock; Telecolumbus; European Directories; Wind Hellas; Targetfollow; Woolworths (CA); Eurosail; Alitalia; Borsodchem; IMO Car Wash; White Tower; AWAL Bank; Metronet; Equitas; MG Rover.

Banking/Finance
. Recent cases include Lehman Brothers pension litigation (CA); Sigma (SC); Landsbanki; Kaupthing; Golden Key (CA); Whistlejacket (CA); Davenham Trust v White (CA); Cheyne.

Commercial Litigation/Arbitration; Company; Professional Negligence. Recent cases include FKI v Stribog (CA); BTA Bank v Ablyazov; $300m arbitration claims against investment manager/valuation agent; Mainstream Properties v Young (HL).