Broadgate TowerUK Top 50 Firm Partner Demoted Following Bankruptcy
Removed from the partnership, the lawyer now acts as a consultant at the firm.
February 06, 2020 at 04:34 AM
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A Hill Dickinson partner was removed from the firm's partnership after a bankruptcy order was filed against him in December, new documents reveal.
Mark Aspinall, who joined the firm as a partner from Eversheds Sutherland last June, remains at Hill Dickinson, but as a consultant.
He was declared bankrupt on December 16, according to a bankruptcy order published on The Gazette Official Public Record.
However, according to a decision published by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) on Wednesday, Aspinall's practising certificate for 2019-20 is no longer suspended, but is subject to the condition that he "is not a manager or owner of an authorised body".
The filing further states that the condition is "necessary in the public interest and reasonable and proportionate" to the SRA's regulatory objectives and principles, as well as to the Legal Services Act 2007.
A person with knowledge of the situation said the suspension was automatic, as per the Solicitors Act, and not a judgment call by the SRA. The person added that the suspension had "nothing to do with any regulatory misconduct, just his bankruptcy".
Aspinall joined Hill Dickinson as a partner in its commodities practice last June. But according to a Companies House filing published this week, his appointment as a partner was terminated on December 16 2019 — the same date the bankruptcy order was made public.
According to Hill Dickinson's website and a person at the firm, Aspinall is still part of the firm's commodities team in a consultancy capacity.
Aspinall is one of the founding partners of boutique commodities law firm Arbis, set up in 2009. Five years later, the firm combined with Sutherland Asbill & Brennan to form Arbis Sutherland. Aspinall subsequently became co-partner in charge of the London office.
Following the firm's 2016 merger with Eversheds, when it became Eversheds Sutherland, Aspinall stayed on as a partner in the commodities practice.
Attempts to reach out to Aspinall were made by phone, email and LinkedIn, but he did not respond to requests for comment.
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