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In late 2018, as well as appearing in the Privy Council in UBS AG New York (& Ors) v Kenneth Krys & Ors in FebruaryĢ019 (on appeal from the Court of Appeal of the British Virgin Islands). HeĪlso retained his busy offshore practice, having appeared in the Grand Court of The matter, which has seen the challenge to theĬan only be compromised in the jurisdiction of the law it is governed by, isĬurrently subject to an application for permission to the Supreme Court.

In December, he successfully persuaded theĬourt of Appeal that relief offered under the UNCITRAL Model Law in the Crossīorder Insolvency Regulations should only extend for as long as the relevantįoreign proceeding continued. That would prevent the funds pursuing claims based on their English law Managed by Franklin Templeton, trying to prevent the International Bank ofĪzerbaijan (IBA) from obtaining a permanent moratorium in the English courts Recently Gabriel had been acting as Leading Counsel to funds Nortel Re Lehman Brothers Re Kaupthing Singer & Friedlander Perpetual Trustee Co v BNY Corporate Trustee PWC v Saad Investments Co Ltd Singularis Holdings Ltd v PWC LBI hf v Merrill Lynch International Ltd WorksĬouncil of Nortel Networks SA v Liquidator of Networks SA and the JointĪdministrators of the Nortel Group and Re Major Supreme Court and Privy Council cases involving insolvency, banking and In the last few years, Gabriel acted as Leading Counsel in many Problems, which led to his involvement in a great many casesīefore courts at the highest level, in doing so playing an important role in Valued by clients for his ability to come up with novel solutions to difficult Of all facets of insolvency law, which was second to none, but also for his creativity He was instructed not only for his understanding Insolvency Lawyer of the Year 2017 and Banking & Finance Barrister of theīuilt his reputation tackling the most significant insolvency cases. The Lawyer Monthly Legal Awards named Gabriel Restructuring and Who’s Who Legal: Restructuring and Insolvency 2018 listed Gabriel Of insolvency law” and he appeared in the top “ Star” category of QCs rated by Chambers Most recently, Legal 500 described him as the “ doyen Recognised in the legal directories over decades.

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Regulation on Insolvency Proceedings that he had come to specialise in insolvency rather byĬareer in law in part by “silly things” like the popular British TV series of In the latter field, in particular, he was pre-eminent, aįact all the more impressive in light of his confession in a 2016 podcast for OUP Wide-ranging, encompassing banking law, company law, financial services,Ĭommercial chancery, off-shore law, and litigation, as well as, of course, insolvencyĪnd restructuring.

He took Silk in 1989, sat asĪ deputy judge in the High Court (Chancery Division) from 2001, and was elected Supreme Court generally, and in Bermuda, the Cayman Islands, Hong Kong and the Later admitted to practice in Gibraltar and before the Eastern Caribbean Reflecting the international reach of his practice he was Leaving Oxford University, as well as Hardwicke and Casell Scholarships from To the bar in 1974, having been awarded the prestigious Eldon Scholarship on Honours in 1971, followed by a BCL in 1972. Graduated as an Honorary Scholar with a BA in Jurisprudence with First Class Rest of his life (as well as having a working legal knowledge of French).Īfter finishing school, Gabriel worked at a magistrate’sĬourt before attending St Catherine’s College, Oxford University, from which he He remained able to converse in colloquial Hungarian for the Light of the bar and a titan of the insolvency and restructuring world.Įarly years there, until the Hungarian Uprising in 1956 saw his family take

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