Matthew Abraham

Called to the Bar 2012

Matthew specialises in insolvency and restructuring, commercial litigation and civil fraud/asset recovery. In addition to work in the UK, he has significant experience in international work and in particular work from Asia, the Middle East and the Caribbean. He undertakes work as lead counsel as well as a senior junior in a wider team (both court litigation and arbitration).

Over the years Matthew has been involved in several high-profile insolvencies and restructurings. By way of example, he has been involved in Lehman Brothers, Carillion, Debenhams, British Steel, Thomas Cook, Flybe, Greensill Capital, Superdry and Thames Water. Matthew has also been involved in a number of high-profile personal insolvency cases including those of Boris Becker and Vijay Mallya.

Matthew’s general commercial practice and civil fraud practice involves high value work both in the UK (the Commercial Court, the Chancery Division and London seated arbitrations) and Offshore (most recently the BVI and the ADGM). By way of example, he was recently involved in securing a US$400 million proprietary and freezing injunction in relation to an alleged stock-backed lending, he was part of the NMC Healthcare team dealing with various issues arising from a c.$4 billion fraud in the UAE and part of the London Capital & Finance team seeking to recover £177m arising from the mis-selling of unregulated mini-bonds.

Matthew is described in the legal directories as: “bright, thorough and very user-friendly”, “adept at explaining complex technical issues to lay clients”, someone who “gets stuck in, giving practical, solid and commercial advice” and a barrister that “clearly knows his subject and is very hard-working”. In relation to his advocacy, he has been described as: “very impressive on his feet”, “very good – fluent and effective” and “excellent in court, quick-witted and commands the respect of the judge as well as opposing counsel. A KC in the making.”

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