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Company insolvency

In times of financial distress, our insolvency team can provide valuable commercial and legal advice quickly. We are renowned for our pragmatic and innovative solutions and can work to a tight deadline.

Business insolvency and corporate rescue solicitors: Expert legal advice

Our team guides various stakeholders dealing with financial challenges, including insolvency practitioners, corporations, boards of directors, lenders, investors, business buyers, and individuals. We address various issues that may arise due to financial strain and distress.

Our insolvency team work closely with each other to provide a wide range of services including dispute resolution and litigation, corporate, commercial, debt recovery, property and business finance.

In these tough economic times, more businesses than ever are feeling the financial strain. For many, insolvency is a genuine threat. If your business is facing this prospect, you need expert advice and it is fast, talking to an insolvency expert will be your first step towards navigating your way through what can be a complex process.

How do we help directors How do we assist insolvency practitioners

Our insolvency experts work on all aspects of receiverships, administrations and liquidations.

In some of our recent cases, we have:

Obtained an injunction to prevent the presentation of a winding-up petition
Acted against a company’s former administrator for professional negligence in failing to obtain a proper price for a principal asset
Obtained a judgment against the former directors of a company for breach of duty in paying out an unlawful dividend of over £400,000
Set aside a transaction where a bankrupt business’s principal asset was provided as security on a development contract
Dealt with the legal aspects of the administration of a multi-branch furniture store
Advised on a complex claim against the directors of a railway company for breach of duty
Acted for a liquidator to protect the intellectual property rights of a company where the former director was seeking to register infringing trademarks.