Insolvency and corporate recovery
DICKINSON DEES LLP Newcastle
EVERSHEDS LLP Newcastle
Hay & Kilner Newcastle
Ward Hadaway Newcastle
Watson Burton LLP Newcastle
BHP Law Darlington
Mincoff Jacksons LLP Stockton-on-Tees
Short Richardson & Forth LLP Newcastle
The five-partner team at Dickinson Dees LLP handles a mix of investigation, directors’ disqualification and mainstream insolvency work, and has recently been involved in a raft of insolvency-related matters for numerous major financial institutions. Julian Gill ‘has made a seamless transition from his old firm and has significantly increased the capability’ of the firm, and the ‘highly efficient and professional’ Sally Dallow is also recommended.
Eversheds LLP maintains its strong roster of banking panel appointments. Paul Dutton leads the team in Newcastle, which advised HSBC and GT, as administrators, on several matters including the sale of a golf club, driving range and hotel. Other clients include property and chemicals companies, and public sector bodies.
At Hay & Kilner, clients value Neil Harrold’s ‘knowledge of insolvency legislation’ and ‘forcefulness in negotiating settlements’. The team successfully acted on a contested administration application against a charitable fundraising company. The team grew with the appointment of Eric Flannaghan, who specialises in contentious insolvency.
Highlights for the ‘helpful and supportive’ Ward Hadaway team include advising the directors of Bede plc in the run-up to the company’s administration. Jim James leads the team and has extensive experience advising lenders, companies, individuals and creditors.
Watson Burton LLP is ‘great to deal with’. It advised The Style Group Limited on its acquisition of Plasmo Profiles Ltd from KPMG as administrative receivers, and acted for Deloitte on the administration of Wilcomm Bespoke Living Ltd.
Ursula Collie now leads the BHP Law practice after Graham Ridler left the firm in December 2008. The team advised Viking Cabinets on the acquisition of Normalex Ltd.
Recent work for Mincoff Jacksons LLP’s team, under Stephen Wiles, includes acting for the administrators on a business disposal, and advising a group of directors threatened with prosecution by the DTI for wrongly re-using a company name.
Short Richardson & Forth LLP partner Tim Berg is highly rated by clients. The practice acts mainly for insolvency practitioners, but also undertakes debtor and creditor advice both in the fields of corporate and individual insolvency.
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