When financial pressure mounts, decisive action matters. We help businesses and individuals navigate distress with clarity, speed and confidence. Whether you’re a director seeking to protect your position, a creditor pursuing recovery, a debtor seeking to minimise your exposure or an insolvency practitioner managing a complex estate, we’re here to deliver results.
Insolvency
When insolvency looms, swift and strategic legal advice is critical. We help clients navigate the complexities of financial distress with clarity, confidence and commercial focus. Whatever your position, our team is ready to act.
Our team is experienced in handling all aspects of contentious insolvency, including:
- Bankruptcy proceedings
Advising individuals on personal insolvency, including bankruptcy petitions, annulments, and negotiations with creditors and HMRC. - Winding-up petitions
Preparing and defending winding-up petitions, including urgent injunctions and negotiations to avoid compulsory liquidation. - Debt recovery & enforcement
Acting for both secured and unsecured creditors to recover debts through litigation, statutory demands, the appointment of receivers and insolvency proceedings. - Antecedent claims
- We pursue and defend claims which include preference claims (i.e. challenging transactions that unfairly favour certain creditors prior to insolvency) and transactions at an undervalue (i.e. whereby assets have been sold or transferred below market value, diminishing the insolvency estate).
- Misfeasance & breach of duty
Holding directors accountable for misconduct, negligence, or misuse of company assets. - Fraud & asset recovery
Working with forensic experts to trace, freeze, and recover misappropriated assets. - Director & shareholder disputes
Pursuing and defending unfair prejudice petitions and derivative claims. - Director disqualification proceedings
Advising and defending directors facing disqualification under the Company Directors Disqualification Act, including allegations of unfit conduct. - HMRC disputes
We regularly assist with Time to Pay arrangements, bankruptcy and winding-up petitions issued by HMRC, and disputing R&D tax relief.
Regarding non-contentious insolvency matters and our team is experienced in guiding clients including:
- Pre-pack administrations
Advising on and structuring pre-pack sales to ensure compliance, transparency and maximum asset recovery by working closely alongside our corporate team - Appointment of receivers
Acting for lenders and creditors in appointing fixed charge receivers to recover secured assets. - Administration & liquidation advice
Supporting directors and insolvency practitioners in preparing for and executing formal insolvency processes, and providing pre-insolvency advice. - Asset sales
Drafting and negotiating sale and purchase agreements.
We act for all parties involved in the insolvency process and work alongside other departments, giving us a 360-degree view of the landscape and the insight to strategically leverage each party’s position to secure the best possible outcome.
Restructuring
Restructuring isn’t just about survival, it’s about unlocking opportunity. Whether you’re streamlining operations, preparing for a sale, or separating business units, our team provides the legal framework and strategic insight to make it happen smoothly and securely whilst working alongside other departments such as our corporate and employment teams.
We advise on:
- Corporate restructures and demergers
- Business turnaround strategies
- Stakeholder negotiations
- Documenting and implementing structural changes
