2021 Chambers Europe Guide - Band 3 (Restructuring/Insolvency) - Gavin Smith frequently acts for insolvency practitioners on liquidation processes. One client praises Smith's ability to find solutions, highlighting his "very good technical research into very complicated issues."
2020 Legal 500 - Recommended Lawyer (Insolvency and Corporate Restructuring) - "Gavin Smith is very knowledgeable, commercial, practical restructuring lawyer who focuses on resolving key issues to get results. He always makes himself available and is good at working through complexities that arise."
2020 Chambers Global - Band 3 (Restructuring / Insolvency)
2020 IFLR 1000 - Leading Lawyer and Highly Regarded
2019 Legal 500 - Recommended Lawyer
2019 - IFLR1000 - Highly Regarded
2018 Legal 500 - Recommended Lawyer: "Proactive and creative"
2018 Chambers Europe Guide - (Restructuring / Insolvency) A Notable Practitioner. "Sources report that Gavin Smith of Walkers is 'very responsive, very hard-working, creative in meeting clients' needs and collaborative in terms of coming up with a strategy and then implementing it.' One client notes: 'He is very pragmatic and has a common-sense approach to litigation,' adding: 'He is very smart, strategic and tactical. He is also likeable and deals with people on a very personal level'."
2018 IFLR 1000 - Highly Regarded
2017 Legal 500 - Recommended Lawyer: "Gavin Smith is ‘particularly knowledgeable about the examinership process’."
2017 IFLR 1000 - Leading Lawyer
2016 Legal 500 - Recommended Lawyer
2015 Chambers Global - A Notable Practitioner. "...bringing more than 13 years of insolvency experience to his new firm. Sources recognise his knowledge and experience of the field."
2014 Chambers Global - A Notable Practitioner. "Clients describe Gavin Smith, as 'someone who consistently surprises me with the extent to which he goes the extra mile. He works around the clock and is very diligent'."
2014 Legal 500 – "Gavin Smith is ‘superb’"
2013 Chambers Global – "responsive and diligent. He works hard to bring things to the right conclusion".
2013 Legal 500 – "…recommended for energy, responsiveness and good quality work".
2012 Chambers Global - "Commentators are impressed with him saying 'he is solid and sensible and handles himself and difficult situations well".
