Giles Maynard-Connor
Appointments: Junior Counsel to the Crown (Provincial Panel) His practice has a particular emphasis on company and contentious insolvency work, professional negligence and banking which includes: including company administrations, corporate and individual voluntary arrangements and receivership problems;
‘Able and Energetic… Pugnacious on his feet’ - Chambers & Partners 2007. Giles has "put clear blue water between himself and many others at the Bar." "A brilliant scrapper, he is good choice if your back is against the wall" - Chambers and Partners 2011. Giles continues to be noted as a leader in his field and is well regarded for his ‘technical knowledge and commercial know-how’. He is experienced in dealing with substantial commercial litigation and in recent years has successfully completed a number of high profile corporate fraud cases.
* preference, misfeasance and other work for liquidators and other office holders
* shareholder disputes;
* individual bankruptcy work;
* claims against solicitors, surveyors and accountants; and
* litigation for several of the leading clearing and high street banks.
In recent years Giles has dealt with the publicised insolvencies of Beloit Walmsley Ltd, the Cammell Laird Group, Duo Airways, Enron, The Accident Group, The Phone People and Kwik Save
