Crispin Vinnell
Partner
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Christchurch
Bio
Crispin Vinnell advises a wide range of clients, including banks, finance companies, chartered accountants, insolvency practitioners, receivers, liquidators, administrators and the Official Assignee on all facets of insolvency and recovery matters.
This includes Court action at all levels, mortgagee sales, recovery of collateral under the Personal Property Securities Act and advice to receivers and liquidators. Crispin has a particular expertise in personal insolvency.
He is ranked in the 2017-2024 Chambers and Partners Directories and is particularly noted for his combination of insolvency and banking-related issues, one source describing him as “very experienced in financial matters”. He regularly acts on behalf of leading New Zealand banks and prominent international financial service providers.
Recognition
- Chambers and Partners, Restructuring/Insolvency, Ranked, 2017-2024
- Legal 500 Asia-Pacific, Restructuring and Insolvency, Leading Individual, 2016-2024
- IFLR1000, Restructuring and Insolvency, Highly Regarded, 2022-2023
- Business Today, Top 10 Most Influential Restructuring/Insolvency Lawyers in New Zealand, 2023
- New Zealand Doyle's Guide, Insolvency and Restructuring Leading Lawyer, 2021-2022
Qualifications
- LLB, BA – University of Canterbury
- Admitted in New Zealand – 1994
Work highlights
- Acted on a bank and receivers in recovery of multi-million dollar debt owed by a corporate dairy farm.
- Acted on a High Court litigation involving a major bank and a PPSR dispute in the equipment finance industry
- Acted on a complex litigation in the High Court and Court of Appeal relating to a finance company, a failed subdivision and mortgage priority and caveat issues.
- Acted for Kiwibank Limited on the mortgagee sale of a commercial premises, followed by the sale of contracting equipment under the Bank's General Security Agreement.
