Marc Brown

Having been called to The Bar in 2004, Marc studied the postgraduate BCL at Oxford University, being awarded the prestigious Vinerian Scholarship. Following this, he completed pupillage at St Philips Chambers, primarily supervised by Ed Pepperall.

Since then Marc has built a thriving Chancery and Commercial practice with a particular emphasis on insolvency work. This includes advising on many aspects of insolvency practice where he also has experience of being led in high value and complex insolvency cases. His experience in court has taken him across the full range of insolvency matters, from regular routine winding up petitions, to the House of Lords in a case involving the liability of invalidly appointed receivers.

• applications for administration orders or to extend or end administrations
• applications to validate administrators’ appointments
• applications for validation orders
• advising administrators and directors in relation to transactions at an undervalue and preferences (including being led in high value cases)
• regularly appearing on behalf of companies, petitioning and supporting creditors on winding up petitions
• applications to restrain presentation or advertisement of winding up petitions
• application by Liquidators for permission to bring proceedings prior to convening liquidation committee
• liability of invalidly appointed receivers.

• advising and appearing on transactions at an undervalue and preference cases
• applications to set aside statutory demands
• appearing on bankruptcy petitions on behalf of creditors and debtors
• appearing on behalf of trustees in applications for possession and sale of property
• appearing on behalf of a creditor in relation to cross-border issues

• OBG v Allan [2007] UKHL 21; [2008] 1 A.C. 1 – The leading case on economic torts and the scope of the tort of conversion, in the context of liability of invalidly appointed receivers.