Meet the team
Practice Head, Barrister
Call: 1994
Silk: 2016 (Gibraltar), 2025 (England & Wales)
Daniel Feetham KC
Daniel is a senior and highly experienced barrister, having practised for over 30 years. Daniel qualified in the UK in 1994, establishing a very successful civil and commercial practise.
Daniel then dual qualified and began practising in Gibraltar too. In 2016 Daniel was awarded the title of Queens Counsel (Gibraltar) and in 2025 he was awarded the title of Kings Counsel (England & Wales). He is the only barrister to have been awarded the title in both jurisdictions and one of a handful to ever do so in the British Overseas Territories. He regularly appears and advises clients in Caribbean jurisdictions and the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council.
Leading our solicitor and barrister team, Daniel has been engaged in some of the most challenging, high profile and cutting-edge commercial, insolvency, financial services and sanction cases to come before the courts or arbitration tribunals.
His experience in all aspects of insurance insolvencies is extensive (and probably unrivalled) having acted for office holders and directors of insolvent insurance companies in multiple cases (e.g. MCE Insurance Company Limited, Enterprise Insurance Company Limited, Mount Grace Insurance Company Limited, Quicksure Insurance Company Limited, Gable Insurance AG amongst others). He also regularly advises insurance companies and regulators on regulatory issues, including solvency capital. He also advises the UK Motor Insurance Bureau.
Daniel has developed considerable expertise in advising in litigation cases involving sanctioned entities and currently acts in several complex arbitrations under LCIA rules. He regularly accepts instructions from leading Moscow law firms.
In addition, Daniel has also done considerable amount of work in the digital asset space either acting for large entities defrauded by persons unknown or for liquidators in tracing claims against either persons unknown or directors of investment companies or crypto brokers. Daniel is the non-executive director of one of the worlds leading fintech companies.
Contact him on 00447485572992, alternatively contact him via LinkedIn.
Testimonials
“He has a fantastic intellect”
– notes one interviewee
“He is extremely bright and comes up with out-of-the-box ideas.”
– Chambers Global, 2022
“Daniel Feetham is a very gifted, sharp lawyer.” Chambers Global 2025
– Chambers Global, 2025
His submissions were recently described by Sir Maurice Kay, President of the Court, in an appeal concerning the powers of an administrator of a protected cell (Joanne Wild v. Stephen Knight (31 May 2022)) as “impressive”.
Rowan Pennington-Benton
Partner, Barrister
Call: 2008
Rowan is an experienced civil and commercial barrister. Rowan is instructed in large and complex commercial and civil cases including insolvency, insurance, development and construction, civil fraud and trusts.
Legal 500 describes him as a “first-rate barrister” with a “brilliant and versatile legal mind and a real passion for his cases”.
Recent cases include acting for a state entity in a multi-million-pound development / investment arbitration under the LCIA rules, a £25m civil fraud / breach of trust case in the High Court, and acting for the directors in defence of a £40m liquidator’s claim for breach of fiduciary duty, financial assistance and breach of trust. He is regularly instructed by leading lights in the business, technology and investment community.
He has significant experience in the cryptocurrency / DLT field along with the gaming and gambling sectors.
Edward Miller
Partner, Solicitor-Advocate
Edward is solicitor-advocate with many years of experience in civil and commercial practice. After originally training as a barrister (year of call – 2005), Edward was admitted as a solicitor in 2008.
His experience as a commercial litigator spans all of our main practice areas, with particular emphasis on financial services, high value commercial contract disputes, arbitration, trusts and chancery and cross-border work.
Edward has substantial insight in banking and finance, having previously worked for a major international bank.
Edward has conducted numerous high value and complex commercial litigation and international arbitrations, including before the LCIA, ICC and LCA. He has experience of European work, as well as cases from Russia (and the CIS), Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. Edward also has rights of audience for the AIFC Court, part of the Astana International Financial Centre, located in the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Rachel Neeson
Senior Associate
Rachel specialises in commercial litigation and civil fraud, as well as insolvency and insurance.
At Madison Legal, Rachel works on a number of high value, multi-jurisdictional commercial disputes and fraud cases representing both individuals and multinational corporations.
She acts for high profile clients in some of the firm’s largest cases, including a fraud dispute valued at over $2 billion.
Rachel has a busy and varied practice, having worked for the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) on a fraud investigation worth over £250 million concerning a multi-national security firm. Prior to qualification, Rachel was part of a leading white-collar crime team in a US firm in London, working on a number of high-profile investigations conducted by the SFO, FCA, PRA and FRC. She regularly acts in fast moving interlocutory proceedings, including for freezing injunctions and asset preservation orders. Rachel is a member of the Young Fraud Lawyers Association.
Alexandra Paget
Pupil Barrister
With extensive experience spanning private practice and in-house, Alexandra specialises in commercial and civil law, with expertise in cryptocurrency, insolvency, and financial regulation.
She previously worked in-house at a global luxury goods conglomerate, supporting its commercial division across distinguished maisons, including Cartier. She managed complex legal matters, high-value agreements, and collaborated closely with prominent public figures.
Separately, Alexandra acted as a barrister’s assistant on complex private family law matters, She also has experience with High Net Worth (HNW) and Ultra High Net Worth (UHNW) private client matters.
Since joining Madison in 2023, Alexandra has assisted on numerous cases involving billion-dollar fraud disputes, cryptocurrency litigation, insurance, and insolvency proceedings.
Alexandra completed the Bar Practice Course and was Called to the Bar in November 2024.
Alexander Feetham
Pupil Barrister
Alexander brings a varied legal background with experience across key areas of law, including civil and criminal litigation, coronial proceedings as well as in tax matters and financial services regulation.
Before joining Madison Legal, Alexander worked at a prestigious Gibraltar law firm where he collaborated closely with senior practitioners on private client matters concerning high net worth individuals and the fiduciary aspects of corporate and structures, as well as supporting complex cross-border restructures to implement bespoke tax strategies for clients.
Alexander has also assisted senior members of Madison Legal on numerous international arbitrations and several high-profile cases, further honing his skills in handling complex, multi-jurisdictional disputes. His broad legal experience and adaptable approach makes him well-equipped to deal with the varied and intricate matters that Madison Legal handles.
Bledi Albri
Consultant
Bledi specialises in international arbitration and commercial litigation. He has worked on a wide range of disputes, including banking, corporate, construction, intellectual property, oil & gas, and fraud disputes.
Many of the disputes Bledi has assisted with have been multi-jurisdictional or cross-border, involving multiple jurisdictions such as the UK, EU, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands and the US. He has appeared before the High Court, Court of Appeal, Privy Council and Supreme Court.
His clients include multi-national companies, state entities and high-net-worth individuals and he acts for high profile clients in some of the firm’s largest cases, including a current multi-handed fraud dispute valued at over $2b.
Bledi can speak English, Italian, Albanian, and conversational Spanish and Russian.
Ian Bates
Consultant
Ian is an experienced solicitor who specialises in insolvency matters.
He was previously a partner in another firm and was involved in ground breaking cases against various Financial Institutions.
