Restructuring/Insolvency
UK Guide 2025 : North West
Band 2
About
Provided by Shoosmiths LLP
Shoosmiths' corporate restructuring and advisory team contains over 20 specialist restructuring lawyers dedicated to delivering an excellent client experience for major high street lenders, companies in financial difficulty, PE houses, boards of directors and insolvency practitioners throughout the UK.
The team has a broad range of experience of dealing with the full spectrum of business restructuring and insolvency related matters across all sectors, and is well known for its creative, innovative and commercial thinking.
The team consistently works on high profile, highly complex assignments, including disposals and acquisitions of businesses on behalf of insolvency practitioners and corporate clients respectively.
Having acted on more retail CVAs than any other law firm over the last five-six years, Shoosmiths is now widely known in the restructuring community as the go-to law firm for CVAs and Restructuring Plans, winning roles on a number of large, well-known businesses going through restructuring processes.
We recognise that in financially distressed scenarios our clients need urgent practical advice, which is why we pride ourselves on our fast response times. We offer constructive, commercial and clear advice in a straightforward manner to provide solutions tailored to our clients’ objectives.
The team also advises on litigious matters, acting for insolvency practitioners and creditors in recovering funds through the use of corporate and insolvency legislation.
Chambers Review
Shoosmiths has a capable restructuring and insolvency team based in Leeds. The team assists clients with the full range of contentious and non-contentious matters, including the sale of distressed businesses and assets and CVAs. The firm counts insolvency practitioners, asset-based lenders and financial services providers among its client base.
Work Highlights
- Shoosmiths acted for the joint administrators of Beaconsfield Footwear on the pre-packaged sale of the business and assets including 27 stores to an entity controlled by WoolOvers Group.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Shoosmiths provides detailed advice across all aspects of transactions it handles and is able to call on specialists wherever necessary."
"Shoosmiths' client service is incredible. Its team of trusted advisers are commercially astute and make clients feel like they are in safe hands."
"The team are friendly and accessible, providing confident advice. They always seem to have access to experts no matter the issue, and make themselves available at short notice and at any time."
"The team at Shoosmiths strike a great balance with both their technical and commercial knowledge, always providing great assistance even when dealing with the most complex of issues."
"Shoosmiths provides detailed advice across all aspects of transactions it handles and is able to call on specialists wherever necessary."
"Shoosmiths' client service is incredible. Its team of trusted advisers are commercially astute and make clients feel like they are in safe hands."
"The team are friendly and accessible, providing confident advice. They always seem to have access to experts no matter the issue, and make themselves available at short notice and at any time."
"The team at Shoosmiths strike a great balance with both their technical and commercial knowledge, always providing great assistance even when dealing with the most complex of issues."
Notable Practitioners
Sarah Teal acts for banks, asset-based lenders and insolvency practitioners on a range of contentious and non-contentious matters, with a particular specialism in retail CVAs and directors' duties. She also has notable sector expertise with regard to hospitality, leisure and retail.
"Sarah gives insightful, helpful and commercial advice. She knows how to pinpoint guidance because she really gets to know her clients and their businesses."
"She is a practical lawyer."
"Sarah is incredibly thorough and diligent in her work. She is someone clients can rely on."
"Sarah is extremely experienced in all areas and offers great support."
Bethan Moore advises a broad range of clients, including insolvency practitioners and distressed corporates, on non-contentious restructuring issues. She is routinely called upon to advise on insolvencies and restructurings in the retail sector.
"She's a real rising star in this field."
"Bethan is a trusted legal adviser."
"She has great working knowledge of insolvency and is really impressive."
Hollie Wrigley is a principal associate in the firm's corporate restructuring and advisory team in Manchester. She has experience advising on CVAs and the sale of businesses and assets.
"Hollie is extremely competent across all areas, and her expertise is invaluable to clients' cases."
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