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Samantha Reeves

Legal Director
London
About

Samantha Reeves focuses on contentious insolvency with experience acting on some of the most high profile litigation in the market.

Samantha has experience acting for officeholders, institutions and regulators in relation to complex insolvency and multi jurisdiction disputes in a broad range of sectors, including financial services, retail and healthcare. She has broad experience of the entire litigation process with particular expertise in drafting witness statements and preparation for trial.

Areas of FocusConsumer Goods, Food and RetailFinancial ServicesLitigation, Arbitration and Investigations
Professional QualificationsSolicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales

EXPERIENCE

  • Acting for a Mauritian company to challenge the appointment of provisional liquidators in England
  • Advising a stakeholder in relation to the Homebase CVA
  • Advising a regulator in the healthcare sector in relation to the restructuring of certain care providers
  • Acting for a lender managing a portfolio of guarantee claims through insolvency proceedings and Part 7 claims from the County Courts through to appeals to the Supreme Court, which resulted in a number of reported cases in the bankruptcy and insolvency reports
  • Acting for Lehman Brothers Limited (in administration) in relation to the Waterfall I and Waterfall II proceedings in the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court
  • Acting for the administrators of BHS in various court proceedings, including in relation to the disclosure of books and records of the company and considering antecedent transaction claims against directors
  • Acting for the petitioning creditor in the compulsory liquidation of Retail Acquisitions Limited, the owner of BHS
  • Acting for an office holder in relation to a claim to the beneficial ownership of shares purportedly owned by a fraudulent bankrupt, which resulted in obtaining a successful settlement for the benefit of creditors
  • Acting for an office holder in relation to a transaction at undervalue claim in relation to a defendant resident in India
Education
  • University of Essex 2:1 LL.B. Law and Politics, 2008

Placements

  • Football Association Premier League (2015) - spent six months working with the legal team, assisting them with managing a large portfolio of intellectual property claims and advising on and drafting commercial contracts and confidentiality agreements

My latest insights

Publication

KBBO shareholders obtain recognition in England for Abu Dhabi bankruptcy

21 March 2024 .5 minute read

Publication

Brake v Chedington Court Estate

21 August 2023 .7 minute read

Publication

New Look CVA challenge dismissed by High court

18 May 2021 .9 minute read

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Phone

+44 (0)207 796 6069
(Work, London)
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