Glen Davis

Date of birth:

11th September 1956

Contact details:

3/4 South Square, Gray’s Inn, London WC1R 5HP.

Telephone +44 (0)20 7696 9900. Fax +44 (0)20 7696 9911. LDE 338 (Chancery Lane).
Email glendavis@southsquare.com. Web www.southsquare.com

Education:

University College School, Hampstead, London (1969-1975)

Balliol College, Oxford (1976-1979): First class honours degree in English Language & Literature; MA (Oxon)

City University (1990-1991): Dip Law (City)
London Business School (1990-1991): Diploma in Investment Management

Inns of Court School of Law (1991-1992)

Scholarships and awards:

Goldsmith Scholar (Balliol College, Oxford)

Professional career: summary

BBC Television (1979 – 1984): researcher on “Police” (BAFTA best documentary series 1982); producer/director and studio director, “Newsnight”;

Brook Productions (1984-1986): Associate Producer, “A Week in Politics”;

ITV Superchannel Ltd (1986-1988): Manager of launch of pan-european satellite tv channel, Head of Publicity;

Media and Marketing Consultant (1988-1990);

Called to the Bar 1992; pupillage at chambers of Gordon Pollock QC (4 Essex Court) and chambers of Michael Crystal QC (3/4 South Square)

Barrister in independent practice at 3/4 South Square, Gray’s Inn (1993- )

Member, Insolvency Rules Committee (2002 - )
Member, Insolvent Partnership Reform sub-committee (2002 - )
Member, Insolvency Courts Users Committee (2001- )

Member, sub-committee to advise the Vice-Chancellor on amending the Insolvency Rules to reflect the CPR

Trustee/Director, Society for Computers and Law (2002 - )
Chair, Media Board, Society for Computers and Law (2001 - )

Professional career: narrative

Glen Davis was called to the Bar in 1992, after a first career in television and television management which included directing the BBC’s “Newsnight” programme and marketing a satellite television channel across Europe. He was subsequently a media and business consultant, and holds a diploma in Investment Management from London Business School.

He has been a member of Chambers at 3/4 South Square since 1993. His practice as a commercial litigator deals with all aspects of business, banking, company, financial and commercial law, including obtaining injunctions and remedies for civil fraud. There is a particular emphasis on corporate Insolvency including international aspects, and the recovery of assets in substantial bankruptcies. It extends to of insurance and reinsurance, telecommunications, dot-com and e-commerce, particularly in the context of insolvency.

He has also been called to the Bar of Gibraltar where he acted for the Financial Services Commissioner.

He is an editor of Butterworth’s Insolvency Law Handbook (6^th ed 2003), and one of the authors of Insolvent Partnerships (Jordans, 1996). He is a member of the statutory Insolvency Rules Committee (appointed 2002) and of the Insolvency Courts Users Committee (since 2001) and was a member of the sub-committee which advised the then Vice-Chancellor on amending the Insolvency Rules to reflect the CPR.

Areas of practice:

Business, banking and financial law. Domestic and international commercial litigation and insolvency. Expertise in corporate and partnership disputes and liquidation, administration, voluntary arrangements and restructuring. Financial Services and regulation. Public Law and Human Rights in a commercial context. Company law including directors’ duties, misfeasance and disqualification. Powers and duties of Insolvency Practitioners. Insurance and Reinsurance. Professional negligence. Civil fraud.

He is also particularly interested in the emerging law of e-commerce, e-banking and the internet, particularly as it affects restructuring insolvent companies. He has acted in telecommunications collapses and advised on regulatory aspects of UK web-sites and on the restructuring of dot-com companies, including data protection issues.

Professional Associations:

Appointed to the Insolvency Rules Committee by the Lord Chancellor, (2002-2004);

Member, Insolvency Lawyers Association;
Associate member, R3;
Member, Association of Partnership Professionals
member, Insol Europe (and served as a member of the marketing committee for the Insol 2001 quadrennial international conference in London);
Member, advisory board, GlobalINSOLvency.com (2003- );
Member, International Bar Association;

Trustee/Director of Society for Computers and Law (2002 - ) and chair of SCL’s Media Board 2000- )

Member, Justice

Other qualifications:

CEDR accredited mediator

Publications:

Co-Editor, (5th Edition) Butterworths Insolvency Law Handbook

Co-Author, Insolvent Partnerships (Jordans, 1996)

Contributor, Totty & Moss on Insolvency (Environmental Liability)

Recent lectures and seminars:

The Enterprise Act: duties and responsibilities under the new regime

Digital Liquidations and Cyberspace CVAs

Cross-Border Insolvency

Languages:

Conversational German, French, Spanish

Other interests:

Contemporary Art: patron, Whitechapel Gallery; member of Whitechapel Gallery’s development council.