Restructuring & Insolvency

We offer strategic legal representation to creditors, debtors, and a wide range of stakeholders involved in distressed and insolvency situations. Whether navigating a corporate failure, negotiating repayment plans, or seeking to enforce or protect financial interests, we act decisively to safeguard our clients’ positions and deliver commercially sound outcomes.

For creditors, we assist in enforcing security, recovering debts, and participating in insolvency proceedings, such as liquidations, receiverships and company voluntary arrangements. We help secured and unsecured creditors assess their options, understand their rights, and actively engage in creditor committees or restructuring negotiations to maximise recoveries.

For debtors, we provide pragmatic and protective advice aimed at business continuity and legal compliance. We guide companies and individuals through complex debt management, restructuring proposals, and negotiations with lenders and investors, ensuring directors meet their duties while mitigating personal and commercial risk.

For insolvency practitioners, we provide specialist legal advisory services, supporting them in the effective execution of their statutory duties. Our team advises on asset tracing and recovery, fraudulent or wrongful trading claims, director misconduct, and cross-border insolvency issues. We assist with drafting legal documentation, initiating or defending litigation, resolving disputes with stakeholders, and navigating regulatory requirements. With a strong understanding of both the legal and commercial aspects of insolvency, we deliver practical, outcome-focused guidance that helps practitioners manage risk, maximise asset realisation, and ensure procedural compliance.

We represent key stakeholders including landlords, trade suppliers, lenders and investors, helping them navigate insolvency impacts and protect their contractual and statutory rights. Our expertise extends to cross-border disputes, priority ranking issues, and litigation involving disputed transactions.

With a balanced, solutions-focused approach, we provide clear and responsive representation that preserves value and mitigates disruption during times of financial stress.

We represent insolvency practitioners, directors, creditors and stakeholders in contentious insolvency matters, offering deep expertise in insolvency litigation, enforcement proceedings, and cross-border asset recovery. Our team handles high-value, multi-jurisdictional claims involving fraud, director misconduct, claims involving preferences, transactions at undervalue, misfeasance, fraudulent and wrongful trading, and breach of fiduciary duties and complex corporate structures, working to trace, secure, and recover assets efficiently and lawfully.

Our approach combines legal rigour with strategic insight to pursue recovery through the most appropriate legal routes, whether in court proceedings, settlement negotiations, or alternative dispute resolution.

We work closely with forensic accountants, asset tracers, and international counsel where needed, to support clients in pursuing hidden or dissipated assets across jurisdictions. We also represent officeholders and creditors in litigation related to disputed claims, contested appointments, and challenges to distributions or enforcement actions.

Our goal is to resolve disputes efficiently, preserve estate value, and deliver strong recoveries for creditors or beneficiaries. We provide clear, assertive legal guidance that delivers results, even in the most complex, sensitive, or adversarial situations.

We provide specialised legal advice and representation to provisional liquidators, liquidators, receivers and managers and trustees, throughout the lifecycle of a formal insolvency appointment. We support officeholders in discharging their statutory duties, managing complex claims, and recovering assets efficiently and in accordance with insolvency law.

Our services include advising on the powers and responsibilities of insolvency practitioners and officers, dealing with contentious and non-contentious matters, and ensuring regulatory compliance under the law. We assist with asset tracing and recovery, investigating director misconduct or wrongful trading, pursuing antecedent transaction claims, such as preferences and transactions at undervalue, and advising on cross-border insolvency issues.

We support with communications, claims adjudication, disputes with creditors, and distribution of proceeds in accordance with statutory priority rules.

Our practical, commercially-minded approach helps insolvency practitioners manage risk while achieving optimal outcomes for creditors. With deep experience, we offer responsive, partner-led support that ensures each appointment is handled with legal precision, transparency, and efficiency.

We provide clear, strategic advice to company directors on their legal duties, personal liability risks, and governance responsibilities, particularly in high-stakes or financially distressed situations.

We guide directors on how to discharge their duties effectively during normal trading, and provide enhanced support when a company is approaching or entering insolvency, where the duty shifts toward protecting the interests of creditors.

We assist with defending directors facing allegations of wrongful or fraudulent trading, breach of duty, misfeasance, or unlawful dividend payments. For boards navigating restructuring, turnarounds, or insolvency processes, we offer governance frameworks, risk mitigation strategies, and boardroom training to ensure directors act lawfully and in the best interests of the business.

Our goal is to protect directors while helping them make informed, defensible decisions. With a practical and preventative approach, we help boards maintain integrity, manage reputational risk, and meet their legal obligations with confidence.

We accept appointment as liquidators or receivers for companies undergoing formal insolvency proceedings, including solvent and insolvent liquidations and receiverships. Acting either as appointed officeholders or in close coordination with insolvency officeholders, we provide comprehensive support to ensure an orderly wind-down, asset recovery, and compliance with statutory obligations.

As liquidators, we oversee the realisation and distribution of company assets in accordance with insolvency law. This includes conducting investigations into the company’s affairs, pursuing recoveries from directors or third parties where appropriate, adjudicating creditor claims, and preparing reports for creditors and regulatory bodies.

As receivers, typically appointed by secured creditors, we manage and realise assets subject to charges, such as real estate, other property or equipment, to recover outstanding debts. We advise on the validity of security, manage disputes with debtors or third parties and ensure compliance with both contractual terms and statutory duties.

Our team brings legal expertise, commercial understanding, and a proactive mindset to each appointment. We are committed to preserving value, maximising returns to creditors while ensuring transparency, regulatory compliance, and minimising disruption to affected stakeholders. Whether acting independently or alongside insolvency practitioners, we provide trusted, experienced leadership in managing complex insolvency matters from start to finish.