Company insolvency

Our team guides various stakeholders dealing with financial challenges, including insolvency practitioners, corporations, boards of directors, lenders, investors, business buyers, and individuals. We address various issues that may arise due to financial strain and distress.

In these tough economic times, more businesses than ever are feeling the financial strain. For many, insolvency is a genuine threat. If your business is facing this prospect, you need expert advice, and it is fast. Talking to an insolvency expert will be your first step towards navigating a complex process.

How do we help directors   How do we assist insolvency practitioners

Our insolvency experts work on all aspects of receiverships, administrations and liquidations.

In some of our recent cases, we have:

• Obtained an injunction to prevent the presentation of a winding-up petition 
• Successfully defending the Director's disqualification proceedings
• Acting in proceedings to remove the administrator of three linked companies
• Acted against a company’s former administrator for professional negligence in failing to obtain a proper price for a principal asset 
• Obtained a judgment against the former directors of a company for breach of duty in paying out an unlawful dividend of over £400,000 
• Set aside a transaction where a bankrupt business’s principal asset was provided as security on a development contract 
• Dealt with the legal aspects of the administration of a multi-branch furniture store 
• Advised on a complex claim against the directors of a railway company for breach of duty
• Acted for a liquidator to protect the intellectual property rights of a company where the former director was seeking to register infringing trademarks.

What to do next

If you want to learn more, speak with one of our specialist solicitors.

Call our specialist solicitors on 0808 231 1320

Our specialist lawyers are based in:

• Cambridgeshire: Cambridge
• Essex: Brentwood, Chelmsford, and Saffron Walden
• Hertfordshire: Bishop's Stortford and Royston 

But we can help you wherever you are in England and Wales.