Full Name
Ben Shaw KC
Job Title
Barrister
Company
Erskine Chambers
Speaker Bio
Ben has a busy practice which is divided equally between transactional work and litigation. He is an experienced specialist in the fields of company law, restructuring and insolvency, financial services and commercial litigation.
Ben’s recent transactional work has covered creditor and member schemes of arrangement, reductions of capital, advice on financial assistance, drag-along provisions, the Takeover Code, prospectus and listing rules and regulated activities under FSMA. Recent schemes have included National World (2025), Intelligent Ultrasound Group (2025) and Trinity Exploration & Production (2024) and Tulla Resources (2024). Recent reductions of capital have included VH Global Energy Infrastructure (2026), Klarna (2025) and Gresham House Energy Storage Fund (2024).
In recent years, Ben’s litigation practice has included instructions in the highest profile contentious restructurings in the retail, hospitality and energy sectors. His work includes CVAs, restructuring plans and security enforcement. Notable cases include New Look (CVA 2021), Regis (CVA 2021), Hurricane Energy (plan 2021), Bulb Energy (transfer scheme 2022), Cineworld (plan 2024), and TG Jones (plan 2026).
Ben’s recent transactional work has covered creditor and member schemes of arrangement, reductions of capital, advice on financial assistance, drag-along provisions, the Takeover Code, prospectus and listing rules and regulated activities under FSMA. Recent schemes have included National World (2025), Intelligent Ultrasound Group (2025) and Trinity Exploration & Production (2024) and Tulla Resources (2024). Recent reductions of capital have included VH Global Energy Infrastructure (2026), Klarna (2025) and Gresham House Energy Storage Fund (2024).
In recent years, Ben’s litigation practice has included instructions in the highest profile contentious restructurings in the retail, hospitality and energy sectors. His work includes CVAs, restructuring plans and security enforcement. Notable cases include New Look (CVA 2021), Regis (CVA 2021), Hurricane Energy (plan 2021), Bulb Energy (transfer scheme 2022), Cineworld (plan 2024), and TG Jones (plan 2026).
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