Dominic Hopkins

Service area(s): Disputes & Litigation, Insolvency & Corporate Recovery, Banking & Finance

Office: Northampton

Position:Partner

Telephone:01604 233233

Email:dominichopkins@hewitsons.com

Overview:

Dominic is a partner in the firm's Dispute Resolution Group and is a member of the firm's Banking and Finance Group. He is also the firm's Head of Corporate Services and sits on the Management Board. He acts in commercial disputes, including litigation and ADR and in insolvency and corporate recovery work.

Experience:

His practice areas include commercial contract disputes, professional negligence matters, trust proceedings, company proceedings, shareholder disputes, information technology cases, insolvency and corporate recovery, and multiparty and action group representation. He is also experienced in advising boards of directors on their duties and liabilities and other aspects of corporate governance and is an experienced mediation advocate.

His clients include a range of publicly quoted companies and private companies (both domestic and foreign), charities, partnerships, local authorities, high net worth individuals as well as leading insolvency practitioners in the region.

Background:

Dominic worked as a Commercial Litigator for one of the large City of London law firms, both in London and in Hong Kong, before joining this practice in 1991.

Current professional memberships include Membership of the Civil Justice Section of The Law Society, Membership of The Insolvency Lawyers' Association, Fellowship of R3, the Association of Business Recovery Professionals, and Membership of The Northamptonshire Law Society.

Dominic is The Under Sheriff of Northamptonshire and is Honorary Solicitor of The Northamptonshire Association of Youth Clubs.

Married, with two children, Dominic is a committed Christian, a keen musician and enjoys sailing, rugby and tennis.

Additional Information:

Recommended in the fields of Commercial Litigation and Insolvency and Corporate Recovery by the market leading independent directory Legal 500, Dominic has been identified by them as one of the "Leading Individual" Lawyers in the East Midlands in their current and other recent editions. Top ranking the litigation team [East Midlands, elsewhere], the 2011 edition cites comment on him that  "Dominic Hopkins is responsive and thorough in his analysis and advice". In ranking the firm's insolvency practice [East Midlands, Band 3] the directory describes him as "top drawer"  and other comment that he is an "excellent litigator who can pick up the issues surrounding a case extremely quickly"

The2012 edition of the  independent and respected Chambers' "A client's guide to the UK Legal Profession" has identified Dominic as a Key Individual in Dispute Resolution in the Midlands [Band 3] offering comment that he "adds considerable expertise of insolvency and corporate recovery matters to his commercial disputes experience".  Its 2010 edition, said of him "Insolvency lawyer Dominic Hopkins heads the group and is heavily recommended by peers as "an excellent person and a very good litigator"

Recent Speaking Engagements:

On 28th June 2011 Dominic was one of an invited panel of speakers at the De Havilland conference at Greater London House on "The Bribery Act: Implications for the Public Affairs Professional". The subject of Dominic's talk was "Implementing an effective compliance programme". Other speakers at the day conference included General Counsel from the Serious Fraud Office and Counsel at the Ministry of Justice responsible for leading the development of the Government's reform of the criminal law of bribery.

Articles:

Bribery Act 2010 - Read more

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