A former associate at Proskauer Rose has been banned from the profession for gross misconduct and repeated dishonesty towards the firm, a Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) hearing has ruled.

Michael Freeman, who worked across the firm’s private credit and restructuring practices, told the firm he had taken and passed a firm-funded Certificate for Proficiency in Insolvency (CPI) qualification, when in fact he had never sat the exam.