About

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Edwin Coe is well placed to advise on all aspects of restructuring and insolvency, with a highly experienced team and a consultant who is dual qualified as an Insolvency Practitioner.

Whether you are an individual facing personal insolvency, a company requiring advice on corporate restructuring, or an Insolvency Practitioner acting as an office holder, we are able to advise on all aspects of insolvency, bankruptcy and liquidation.

We also regularly undertake licensing and disciplinary work for Insolvency Practitioners, ranging from individual practitioners to firms of accountants of all sizes.

Where necessary we are able to call upon the knowledge and expertise of lawyers working in complementary areas within the firm, such as banking, property, employment, litigation and insurance, to assist clients with a wide variety of complex issues. Whether we act on a conditional fee basis, a fixed fee or time cost basis, we promise value for money.

For further information please see www.edwincoe.com/our-expertise/restructuring-insolvency/

Chambers Review

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Restructuring/Insolvency: Personal Insolvency - UK-wide
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What the Team is Known For

Edwin Coe has an excellent track record across the insolvency sphere, including on matters relating to property disposal, dispersal of wealth and sensitive personal cases. The firm has a notably strong fraud practice, with a wealth of experience relating to investment scams. The team regularly pursues complex, cross-border claims against wealthy individuals.

Work Highlights

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  • Edwin Coe represented Allister Manson and Steven Parker of Optus Restructuring as supervisors of the individual voluntary arrangement in the bankruptcy of Pramod Mittal.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Simeon Gilchrist
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Simeon Gilchrist
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Simeon Gilchrist is experienced in handling significant bankruptcies and individual voluntary arrangements, often acting for clients such as debtors, trustees and insolvency practitioners. Gilchrist also has expertise in matters related to pension rights and EU discrimination.

"Simeon is passionate about the technicalities and thinks strategically to drill into the details. He is an experienced practitioner, particularly on the contentious side of things."

"Simeon is experienced and has an encyclopedic knowledge of insolvency."

"Simeon is highly responsive and technically excellent. He's a sophisticated thinker who always brings something to complex situations."

Ali Zaidi
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Ali Zaidi
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Head of restructuring and insolvency at Edwin Coe, Ali Zaidi is regarded as an expert in contentious and complex insolvency cases, with notable expertise in fraud-related work and family law matters. His client roster includes both debtors and trustees, for whom he regularly acts on both domestic and cross-border insolvencies.

"Ali's practical pursuit of his client's interest provided a fantastic result."

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Edwin Coe LLP

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Simeon Gilchrist
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Simeon Gilchrist
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Ali Zaidi
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Ali Zaidi
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