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Akin Gump LLP

Akin Gump LLP is named as solicitors in at least 32 UK judgments from 2011 to 2025, most often in insolvency and restructuring and company and partnership.

32
judgments
17
in the last five years
7
in the Court of Appeal

Practice areas

  • Insolvency and restructuring15
  • Company and partnership14
  • Commercial disputes7
  • Public and administrative law5
  • Cross-border disputes4
  • Civil liberties and human rights3
  • Banking and finance2
  • Construction and engineering1

Courts

  • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)7
  • High Court25

Counsel most often instructed

  • Adam Al-Attar8
  • Paul McGrath4
  • Stephen Robins4
  • Edoardo Lupi3
  • Tom Smith3

Judgments by year

  • 20260
  • 20255
  • 20245
  • 20236
  • 20221
  • 20211
  • 20200
  • 20191
  • 20186
  • 20172
  • 20162
  • 20150
  • 20140
  • 20131
  • 20121
  • 20111

Cases later courts cite most

Cases Akin Gump LLP acted in that later judgments cite most often.

Date Case Cited by
2 Nov 2018
[2018] EWHC 2911 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
At the convening stage of a scheme of arrangement, the court determines creditor classes and any clear jurisdictional obstacle. It does not decide the scheme’s…
52
23 Jan 2024
[2024] EWCA Civ 24 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Satisfaction of the statutory conditions for cross-class cram down creates no presumption that a restructuring plan should be sanctioned. The court must…
36
14 Nov 2018
[2018] EWHC 3092 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
The court may sanction a scheme of arrangement where the statutory requirements are satisfied, the classes were properly constituted and represented, the…
11
2 Oct 2024
[2024] EWCA Civ 1125 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
The FCA may impose a single-firm redress requirement as a condition of continued permission under sections 55L and 55N(5) of the Financial Services and Markets…
9
12 Jan 2016
[2016] EWHC 25 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
Recognition of a foreign insolvency proceeding under the Model Law and the Cross-Border Insolvency Regulations 2006 is ordinarily mandatory when the statutory…
7
25 May 2021
[2021] EWHC 1418 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
At a convening hearing under Companies Act 2006, the court does not decide whether a proposed restructuring plan is fair. It should stop the process only where…
5
18 Oct 2017
[2017] EWCA Civ 1581 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
For a general tort claim under Article 1064 of the Russian Civil Code, harm may include economic benefits foregone, including the unpaid value of goods. A…
4
20 Nov 2024
[2024] EWHC 2963 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
Under the National Security and Investment Act 2021, the Secretary of State may impose a final order where divestment is reasonably considered necessary and…
3

Recent cases

Date Case Cited by
28 Nov 2025
[2025] EWCA Civ 1528 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Under Article 1 of the First Protocol, compulsory divestment to address a national-security risk may be proportionate without guaranteeing the owner the…
21 Jan 2025
[2025] EWHC 84 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
Expert evidence must be restricted to evidence reasonably required to resolve the proceedings. The court must first ask whether the evidence is necessary. If…
17 Dec 2024
[2024] EWHC 3310 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
At a convening hearing for a restructuring plan, the court does not determine the plan’s fairness or merits. Its role is to address preparatory matters…
20 Nov 2024
[2024] EWHC 2963 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
Under the National Security and Investment Act 2021, the Secretary of State may impose a final order where divestment is reasonably considered necessary and…
3
2 Oct 2024
[2024] EWCA Civ 1125 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
The FCA may impose a single-firm redress requirement as a condition of continued permission under sections 55L and 55N(5) of the Financial Services and Markets…
9
23 Jan 2024
[2024] EWCA Civ 24 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Satisfaction of the statutory conditions for cross-class cram down creates no presumption that a restructuring plan should be sanctioned. The court must…
36
3 Nov 2023
[2023] EWHC 2987 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
In restructuring-plan proceedings, disclosure is governed by a pragmatic and proportionate approach. The court considers the information already provided, the…
28 Sep 2023
[2023] EWHC 2497 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
At a convening hearing for a restructuring plan, the court does not determine the plan’s merits or fairness. It considers whether the statutory jurisdictional…
2
12 May 2023
[2023] EWHC 1165 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
Equity will protect a chargor’s right to redeem where sanctions prevent payment directly to the secured creditor. The court may direct payment of the…
1
25 May 2021
[2021] EWHC 1418 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
At a convening hearing under Companies Act 2006, the court does not decide whether a proposed restructuring plan is fair. It should stop the process only where…
5
11 Oct 2019
[2019] EWHC 2697 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
On an application under Insolvency Rules rule 6.48, the court may direct that confidential evidence be filed without being shown to the respondent at that…
14 Nov 2018
[2018] EWHC 3092 (Ch) · High Court: Chancery Division
The court may sanction a scheme of arrangement where the statutory requirements are satisfied, the classes were properly constituted and represented, the…
11

Based on judgments published by The National Archives (Find Case Law) in which Akin Gump LLP is named as solicitors, counted under the firm's current name. The figures are minimums: not every judgment names the solicitors, and a judgment is counted only when we are confident who acted. The selection of cases listed here is limited, and does not include family, criminal or anonymised cases. Firm details include data from the Solicitors Regulation Authority. zoomLaw is independent and not connected with Akin Gump LLP. Something wrong or missing? Tell us. All law firms.