Ed leads our Commercial Litigation and our Insolvency & Restructuring Teams, which provide clients with a coordinated approach to commercial disputes, and insolvency & restructuring.
Ed has over 25 years' experience in seeking to resolve significant commercial disputes and in advising on other issues arising out of financial distress, business breakdown and insolvency.
Ed's main practice areas involve him advising on complex commercial claims; all aspects of corporate insolvency; corporate disputes (including guarantee, shareholder and warranty claims); on claims involving company directors (including allegations of breach of duty and disqualification) and on fraud, asset and debt recovery. He also has significant experience in advising on energy and utilities litigation.
Given the often difficult circumstances in which he is instructed, Ed provides consistent, pragmatic and commercial advice to clients. He and his teams are also willing to consider alternative fee structures for undertaking work for certain cases, including third party funding, conditional fee arrangements and damage based agreements.
Ed looks for solutions that avoid protracted litigation where possible and is often involved in assisting clients in resolving matters through the effective use of mediation, and other forms of ADR including expert determination and arbitration, as well as in taking urgent injunctive action to locate and protect assets (freezing, search and seizure orders).
Ed is based in the Bristol office, but his work is national and international. He is also on VWV's Management Board and is VWV's COLP and COFA.
Ed Husband provides the perfect mix of legal know-how and pragmatic commerciality. His efficient and targeted approach to pre-action investigations reduces risk from the outset. He has great intuition for how much a claim is worth, and how hard it will need to be fought.
What others say
Ed and his team are regularly instructed by a wide range of long standing clients, including large corporates and their boards and shareholders, company directors and investors, high-net worth individuals, accountancy firms and insolvency practitioners, energy suppliers, universities, independent schools, and charities.
Ed has been recognised in the legal directories for a number of years for his restructuring, and commercial litigation work. A selection of the directory feedback he has received in recent years is set out below:
'He is a great lawyer who has awareness of technical issues. With Ed, you are in a solid safe pair of hands.' - Chambers & Partners 2025
'Ed is incredibly knowledgeable and is very creative in his approach to resolving disputes. He is very thoughtful, thorough and does a full belt and braces job. Ed is knowledgeable, with good experience with high profile clients in the region.' - Chambers & Partners 2025
"Someone with a great deal of insight into commercial problems" and that he is "able to cut to the nub of an issue quickly in order to help you deal with the problems and move on."
"He gives you full confidence and puts you at complete ease in what are often intense situations."
What you might like to know
Ed is on VWV's Management Board, and is a committee member of R3 in the South West.
In his mind, Ed enjoys running, cycling, and playing football. In reality, Ed occasionally does some of those things, but can more often be found coaching football and cricket and watching his sons play those sports. He has given up golf as a lost cause.
Other teams Ed works with
In addition to our Commercial Litigation and Insolvency & Restructuring teams, Ed also works with our Commercial, Corporate, Charities and Real Estate teams.
