Restructuring/Insolvency | UK

BDB Pitmans houses a large and distinguished practice with considerable experience across the full range of insolvency and restructuring matters. The firm is noted for its work on fraud-based insolvency and asset sale and recovery matters. Its varied client base includes leading insolvency practitioners, distressed investors and private holdings. The team is experienced in mandates arising from the retail, technology and real estate sectors.

Boyes Turner has a market-leading team that undertakes the full range of contentious and non-contentious insolvency matters. The team is well known for acting on personal insolvency issues. The firm also handles all aspects of corporate insolvency including liquidations, administrations and company voluntary arrangements. It is experienced in representing office holders in contentious asset recovery matters.

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.

IBB Law advised Volume Group Limited on the sale of its shares in Qbox Corp Ltd to Cyara Inc. There was a pre-completion hive-down of the assets of the Qbox business involving a TUPE transfer and extensive negotiations with the group’s secured lender to ensure the release of a charge over the company’s assets upon completion.

Penningtons Manches Cooper has a strong restructuring and insolvency practice in the region. The firm is able to handle the most complex proceedings and corporate recovery plans. It is able to bring its profound knowledge of the universities and spinouts sectors to bear to rescue innovative companies inevitably burdened by long-tail pre-revenue cycles.

Blake Morgan has an eminent practice with a strong presence in the insolvency and restructuring space, regularly acting on behalf of insolvency practitioners, directors and banks. It is noted for its expertise in handling administrations, personal insolvencies and voluntary arrangements, as well as contentious mandates involving injunctions. It demonstrates strength when acting across an array of sectors including healthcare, construction and leisure.

Debenhams Ottaway in St Albans is well known for its work in insolvency litigation. The team acts for lenders of all kinds and insolvency practitioners as well as individuals.

Freeths is regularly sought after by insolvency practitioners to advise on a full range of matters. The firm is particularly well known for assisting administrators and liquidators with the sale of businesses and assets, as well as asset recovery matters.