Practice Areas | Reconstruction & Insolvency

Well known for our expertise in acting for big investors, finance houses, venture capitalists and major accountancy firms, our Reconstruction & Insolvency Group comprises contentious and non-contentious specialist insolvency lawyers.

The Group has extensive experience in handling complex reconstruction and insolvency work and continues to use a focused and innovative approach. This has been demonstrated in several major and headline transactions such as Barings, Drake Insurance, one of the UK's largest insolvencies in 2000, Aduronet Limited, OnCue Telecommunications Limited, Swindon Town Football Club, Home Place Group and JW Carpenter Ltd (t/a Cargo Homes Stores), Tempo and a number of telecoms-related restructurings. We have also acted on various well-known dotcom matters, including E.exchange, Breathe and h2g2.

The Group has long-standing connections with the major accountancy firms and banks and works closely with colleagues from other specialist units within the firm. This ensures that the team is well prepared to handle transactions from a wide range of sectors; from retail to leasing, media to technology, manufacturing to insurance and financial services.

The Group advises on:

• corporate reconstructions
• turnarounds and rescue packages
• re-financing
• administrative and LPA receiverships
• administrations
• insolvent liquidations
• individual and company voluntary arrangements
• asset sales of insolvent companies
• advice and commencing proceedings in respect of preferences and transactions at an undervalue
• advising on directors' disqualification proceedings
• insolvency litigation
• debt recovery and enforcement