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Provided by Gateley Legal
Gateley Legal provide advice on financial and organisational restructuring, as well as when restructuring a team that spans issues across the full spectrum whether that is due to:
- solvent or insolvent business sales and exits;
- debt trading; or
- directors’ duties and corporate governance.
The team includes specialists in restructuring, mainstream transactional and contentious insolvency work and a team dedicated to overseas insolvency litigation.
The team advise on the preservation of assets as well as possible turnaround solutions for businesses in distress, either inside or outside of a formal insolvency process. And we act for many of the leading funds, investors and financial institutions as well as working closely with their other preferred advisers and insolvency practitioners.
The teams lawyers play an active part in organisations such as the Institute for Turnaround, Turnaround Management Association, the Association of Business Recovery Professionals (R3) and the Insolvency Lawyer’s Association. And several of them take part in and chair various central and regional committees for those industry bodies.
Chambers Review
Gateley Legal has a respected team with significant experience advising clients on both contentious and non-contentious restructuring and insolvency work. The team acts for corporate clients along with insolvency practitioners and financial institutions. The firm is experienced in working on large administrations and liquidations with an international element. It is regularly instructed on insolvencies with significant fraud aspects.
Work Highlights
- Gateley Legal completed a funding agreement for Colin Graves CBE to rescue Yorkshire County Cricket Club from its financial difficulties.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Gateley appreciates the balance between technical detail and commercial awareness."
"The firm's insolvency expertise is excellent, and the addition of having other services in-house means the advice received can been pooled from their other colleagues, thus expediting matters."
"Gateley provides prompt and timely advice on matters, with good attention and reactivity to priorities. The team is mindful of all aspects of work referred to achieve the best outcomes."
"The firm's commercial awareness is very strong from its committed engagement with all sureties spanning the breadth of the market."
"The team provide good sector insights and they are very responsive to potential and actual client matters."
"Gateley appreciates the balance between technical detail and commercial awareness."
"The firm's insolvency expertise is excellent, and the addition of having other services in-house means the advice received can been pooled from their other colleagues, thus expediting matters."
"Gateley provides prompt and timely advice on matters, with good attention and reactivity to priorities. The team is mindful of all aspects of work referred to achieve the best outcomes."
"The firm's commercial awareness is very strong from its committed engagement with all sureties spanning the breadth of the market."
"The team provide good sector insights and they are very responsive to potential and actual client matters."
Notable Practitioners
Andrew Buchanan heads up the restructuring advisory unit at the firm. He has an outstanding reputation in the insolvency market, where he advises on non-contentious restructurings, directors' duties and pre-pack administration sales.
"He is absolutely stellar in his representation of clients."
"Andrew is prepared to tackle all tasks and ensure engagement of relevant parties to achieve the best outcomes."
"Andrew is a highly commercial, pragmatic leader of his team. He has a real focus on client requirements and brings in specialists from across Gateley to deliver results."
"He's an excellent communicator who is always available."
"Andrew Buchanan is a seasoned hand in this space."
Stuart Tait is a highly experienced restructuring practitioner with notable expertise in distressed transactions as well as consensual and non-consensual workouts. His practice spans a wide range of sectors including hospitality, manufacturing and technology.
"He gives clear advice, has a good bedside manner and is very responsive."