Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP‘s restructuring team advises on all aspects of contentious and non-contentious, corporate and real estate insolvency matters, as well as on complex club and syndicated financial restructurings. The team regularly handles solvent and insolvent debt restructurings across several sectors, including the retail, leisure, energy, and real estate spaces. Furthermore, the practice demonstrates unique technical experience in super-senior and unitranche restructurings, alongside experience with a wide range of debt management restructuring tools. Andrew Jordan acts out of the Birmingham office, also leading the national restructuring group, and handles complex restructuring mandates for a range of clients. Jenna Poulton leads the Birmingham team and is highly regarded for her experience with financial restructuring mandates, particularly those with multi-faceted lending structures. Key support is provided by Anne-Louise Lawrence.

Gateley Legal‘s restructuring and insolvency team is regularly engaged by a variety of clients across the practice area. The restructuring advisory team offers a range of restructuring advice to banks, private equity clients, asset-based lenders, and insolvency practitioners. Daniel French leads this team with expertise in advising distressed businesses, with a particular focus on real estate issues arising within an insolvency context. Furthermore, the contentious insolvency team handles a range of insolvency-related litigation, often acting on behalf of officeholders and institutional creditors. Mark Wilson heads this area of the practice, with particular expertise in civil fraud matters, often advising on complex claims for dishonest assistance, conspiracy, and fraudulent misrepresentation.

The finance and restructuring team at Pinsent Masons LLP is a bank-led restructuring team and is noted for its relationships with several clearing banks and asset-based lenders. While the team does handle traditional work, it is particularly well-known for its market-leading pensions restructuring expertise, providing complex advice and assisting with pensions insolvencies. Further, the team is established in the debt market, with expertise in all forms of debt trading. Amy Flavell leads the team and is acknowledged for her ability to assist clients with both contentious and non-contentious work, and for sector specialisms that include charity restructurings, retail CVAs, and energy sector mandates. Sarah Robinson has strong relationships with local insolvency practitioners and has assisted on several restructuring matters.

Shoosmiths LLP's corporate restructuring and advisory team continually advises clients on a range of matters throughout the market, and regularly acts for leading banks, financial institutions, major insolvency practitioners, as well as distressed lenders and private equity firms from a wide range of sectors, including the retail, engineering, technology, and financial services spaces. Demonstrating exceptional knowledge of administration matters, restructuring plans, company voluntary arrangements, and liquidation matters, the practice is well-suited to assist clients with a range of issues. James Keates leads the team, with a particular focus on distressed lending, corporate recoveries, and restructuring plans. Key support is provided by Charlotte Duce.

Browne Jacobson LLP‘s restructuring and insolvency team is primarily non-contentious focused, with expertise in advising on restructurings in the automotive and aerospace sectors, as well as advising on the insolvencies of regulated financial services providers, and assisting asset-based lenders. The practice benefits from the experienced leadership of Stephen George, with particular expertise in distressed debt recovery, corporate restructuring, and formal insolvency matters. Amy Keogh focuses on non-contentious transactions, acting for insolvency practitioners, clearing banks, and asset-based lenders throughout the market.

Freeths LLP‘s restructuring and insolvency team advises on complex issues across a diverse client base, including insolvency practitioners, banks, debt funders, and large corporations, possessing significant experience in addressing issues across various sectors, such as retail, hospitality, manufacturing, and real estate spaces. The team benefits from the joint leadership of John Jeffreys and Mike Gilmour, with respective focuses on restructuring and bankruptcy work. Key support is provided by Grace Millar, who regularly advises insolvency practitioners, directors, and other stakeholders on both contentious and non-contentious insolvency matters.

Harrison Clark Rickerbys‘ restructuring and insolvency team advises on both restructuring matters and contentious insolvency litigation. The team is well regarded for its expertise in handling complex restructurings, acting for insolvency practitioners, directors, and lenders, alongside assisting with insolvency disputes, other litigation, and reorganisations. The team is led by Sam Payne, with a particular focus on advisory and transactional assignments, and bolstered by the experience of Alan Meiklejohn, who advises a range of office holders and fixed-charge receivers in insolvency practices. Stuart Taylor regularly advises insolvency practitioners.

Shakespeare Martineau LLP‘s restructuring, recoveries, and insolvency team provides advice on all aspects of traditional contentious and transactional insolvency work to a range of clients that includes insolvency practitioners and lenders, as well as corporates. The practice is able to exploit sector expertise from within the firm, particularly in the banking and financial services space, to assist clients with a full range of matters. Andrew Taylor is the national head of the team, advising on formal insolvency issues; additional support is provided by Sheena Tandy and Christopher Neale.

Squire Patton Boggs‘ restructuring and insolvency team advises a variety of clients on complex matters. The team demonstrates expertise in a range of sectors, handling key work in the retail and hospitality sector, financial and banking services space, and manufacturing industry. The breadth of knowledge is evidenced by the team’s leadership team, with Devinder Singh specialising in contentious insolvency, restructuring and advisory work for insolvency practitioners, corporates and financial institutions. Elsewhere in the team, Russell Hill handles distressed disposals and restructurings, while Oliver Ward-Jones has excellent knowledge across all areas of restructuring and insolvency law.

The restructuring and insolvency team at Sydney Mitchell LLP acts for a range of clients, providing advice on corporate recovery and insolvency matters. The group is particularly well-known for its advice to bridging lenders on recovery options regarding property portfolios where the borrower is an individual or company, and assisting insolvency practitioners in contentious matters involving claims against directors. Leanne Schneider-Rose has particular experience concerning the law on receivers and often advises lenders, insolvency practitioners, and agents on related issues. Key support is provided by Heleena Gandham.

DLA Piper‘s insolvency and restructuring team advises a broad range of clients on all aspects of insolvency and restructuring matters. The team is well-known for its depth of expertise, particularly in the retail, hospitality, and manufacturing sectors. Deborah Brown and Aino Miles operate out of the Birmingham office, and have experience in non-contentious corporate restructuring work, advising a range of corporate clients, lenders, insolvency practitioners, and property agents.

Gowling WLG‘s restructuring and insolvency team has significant experience handling distressed situations and managing a wide stakeholder base, including sponsors, pension trustees, overseas parent companies, and various regulatory bodies. With experience across a broad cross section of industries, the restructuring team regularly advises on administration, insolvency, and restructuring matters. Jasvir Jootla leads the team with particular expertise in distressed restructuring assignments, and key support in the Birmingham office is provided by Ian Weatherall and Emily Rust.

Higgs LLP‘s restructuring and insolvency team regularly handles business restructuring matters, corporate insolvency issues, contentious insolvency disputes, as well as individual director disqualification and bankruptcy matters. Lauren Hartigan-Pritchard heads the team, with expertise that spans the market, often advising on large transactional and advisory insolvency matters regarding the sale and purchase of distressed businesses. The team is strengthened by the arrival of Lewis Onions, with additional support provided by Suky Mann and Chloe Shilton.

The Wilkes Partnership‘s business recovery and insolvency team handles a range of contentious and non-contentious insolvency work for both personal and corporate clients, working with insolvency practitioners and directors throughout the market. David Cleary heads the team, regularly advising officeholders on all aspects of corporate insolvencies and restructuring matters. Andrew Garland and David Guest provide additional support, with expertise in defending directors subject to disqualification proceedings and personal insolvency matters, respectively.