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Joseph Evans

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Joseph is a solicitor-advocate who undertakes all aspects of commercial litigation work, specialising in insolvency disputes.

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Joseph is a solicitor-advocate who undertakes all aspects of commercial litigation work, specialising in insolvency disputes.

Joseph assists officeholders with their investigations into insolvent companies and individuals, both in the UK and overseas, with a view to recovering misappropriated funds for the estates. Joseph works on cases involving fraud, misfeasance, negligence and tax avoidance. 

Joseph often acts for claimants on a contingent basis where appropriate. Joseph also has a specialist practice advising stakeholders on structuring alternatively-funded cases, including implementing litigation funding and CFA/DBA arrangements.

Experience

  • Acting for the Seventh Defendant, Greensill Limited, in a $440m claim which has been ranked by The Lawyer as one of the top 20 cases of 2025.
  • Acting for ten insolvent companies and their respective liquidators in litigation against two clearing banks, alleging knowing participation in fraudulent trading, resulting in a high value settlement.
  • Acting for liquidators of various businesses on a contingent basis – including a computing business and a garden supplies business – in claims against misfeasant directors, resulting in worldwide freezing orders and successful settlements and judgments.
  • Advising one of the UK’s leading litigation investors on structuring its investments and other aspects of managing its portfolio. 

Recognition

  • uk-leading-individual-2024

Our thinking

  • The Lawyer and Law 360 quote James Hyne on our involvement in the landmark Greensill trial

    James Hyne

    In The Press

  • Legal Analysis – Judgment handed down in Greensill case between Credit Suisse and Softbank

    James Hyne

    Quick Reads

  • Charles Russell Speechlys acts in landmark Greensill trial – pyrrhic victory for Credit Suisse as no relief granted against Softbank

    James Hyne

    News

  • Joseph Evans, Ethan Khurwolah and Simon Heatley write for Thomson Reuters Practical Law on litigation funding and PACCAR

    Joseph Evans

    In The Press

  • Litigation funding and PACCAR: reverse, regulate and reform

    Joseph Evans

    Insights

  • Charles Russell Speechlys successfully defends Super Fast Trading Limited against Bank of Ireland's summary judgment application

    Caroline Greenwell

    News

  • Charles Russell Speechlys Partner Promotions 2025

    Bart Peerless

    News

  • Joseph Evans, Cassidy Fan and Jessica Boxford write for New Law Journal on the future of insolvency: a digital asset revolution

    Joseph Evans

    In The Press

  • Joseph Evans and Simon Heatley write for New Law Journal on the recent PACCAR Supreme Court decision

    Joseph Evans

    In The Press

  • The Supreme Court's decision in PACCAR: litigation funding stopped in its trucks?

    Hanh Nguyen

    Insights

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