Daniel Bayfield KC specialises in business and finance law, with a strong emphasis on insolvency and restructuring, banking law and general commercial litigation. For many years, Daniel advised the administrators of Lehman Brothers International (Europe) and MF Global UK Ltd. He is currently advising the administrators of VTB Capital Plc, the UK arm of the sanctioned Russian bank.

Whilst Daniel’s practice is firmly London based, he is also regularly instructed in litigation and restructuring cases in the Cayman Islands, the British Virgin Islands and Bermuda, and has provided expert evidence on English, Cayman Islands and BVI law to courts in the United States, Ireland, Scotland, Norway, the Netherlands, the Cayman Islands and Hong Kong.

He also has a specialist sports law practice, acting for the FA Premier League, the Football League, football clubs, players and managers.