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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's Reading-based restructuring team is routinely instructed in complex restructuring and insolvency matters. The firm has an enviable client base which includes insolvency practitioners, directors and financial institutions, among others. The team offers additional expertise in pre-pack sales and the disposal and purchase of assets.
Work Highlights
- Gateley were instructed by Leonard Curtis, the administrators of DC Bars Limited and Tuttons Brasserie Limited in relation to the sale of the business and assets of the business known as Dirty Martini.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"They are very client-focused and commercial, which is why they are lawyers of choice. They are well suited to the restructuring sphere, where commerciality is critical."
"The Gateley team was able to manage the client's expectations through a difficult case."
"Their commercial awareness is very strong, which for me is so important and one of the main reasons I use them."
"Gateley's insolvency expertise is excellent. With the addition of their other services, it has meant that the advice received has been pooled from their other colleagues which has expedited matters."
"They are very client-focused and commercial, which is why they are lawyers of choice. They are well suited to the restructuring sphere, where commerciality is critical."
"The Gateley team was able to manage the client's expectations through a difficult case."
"Their commercial awareness is very strong, which for me is so important and one of the main reasons I use them."
"Gateley's insolvency expertise is excellent. With the addition of their other services, it has meant that the advice received has been pooled from their other colleagues which has expedited matters."
Notable Practitioners
Nicola Kirk heads up Gateley's restructuring team in Reading. She advises on administrative procedures arising from the retail, construction, e-commerce and education sectors. She counts corporates and insolvency practitioners among her clientele.
"Nicola is a standout lawyer and leads an outstanding team. She is the go-to for complex matters and is able to unpack matters very skilfully and explain things in an easily digestible way."
"Nicola is a strong member of the team who clearly wants to build long-term professional relationships."
"I think she has a commercial outlook. She has the balance right where, if you throw something complex at them, they pick it up. They give you both the legal and commercial advice."
"I really enjoy working with Nicky. She has strong technical and commercial expertise and a very personable approach."
"Nicola Kirk is very positive with a can-do attitude when working with her. I think she gets results through being particularly personable."