Sunil Patel
Director & Solicitor
Contact Information
- Director & Solicitor
- Civil Litigation
- City of London
- 02031141180
- @Send Email
Profile / Experience
Awards and Recommendations for Sunil Patel
“Sunil Patel is an exceptional legal advisor and a great source of support when dealing with challenging legacy legal issues. He brings tactical awareness, collaboration and attention to detail to every case, ensuring clients receive the best possible representation.”
Legal 500 2026 Edition.Professional Negligence; Commercial Litigation; Debt Recovery / South East: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx; London
Sunil Patel is a Recommended Lawyer in The Legal 500 UK 2025 edition for his Debt Recovery, Commercial Litigation and Professional Negligence work across London and the South East.
Legal 500 2025 Edition.Professional Negligence; Commercial Litigation; Debt Recovery / South East: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx; London
My main practice areas include:
- Corporate insolvency such as representing former directors of insolvent companies facing allegations of unlawful trading and breaches of duties.
- Personal insolvency which may involve high value petitions some of which relate to complex financial arrangements.
- Multi-Track litigation such as contractual disputes between commercial entities, partnership disputes, contentious probate such as challenging capacity, disputes over the beneficial ownership of property and high value and complex debt recovery.
- Construction disputes.
Education
- LLM, University College London
- LLB (Hons), London School of Economics
Career
- Appointed as Director at Duncan Lewis (2023)
- Practising predominantly from the City of London
- Admitted as a Solicitor (2002)
Articles
- Sunil Patel featured in Compliance Week on the future of self-reporting fraud in the UK (16 June 2025)
- Duncan Lewis Secures Justice for Client after Disputed Debt Sold on by High Street Bank (4 April 2025)
- Company Directors Often Unaware of Personal Risks When a Business Collapses (3 March 2025)
- Civil Litigation Team’s ‘Audacious Plan’ Secures Costs Award in Property Dispute (14 January 2025)
- Duncan Lewis solicitor highlights issues for legal practitioners during Royal Mail delivery debate on BBC Radio Berkshire (25 January 2024)
- Duncan Lewis Warmly Welcomes our New Civil Litigation Director Sunil Patel (24 November 2023)