Our Corporate Recovery department is a recognised leader in the field. We offer immediate, practical legal advice and work closely with our clients to find solutions to the many issues that confront them in situations involving financial difficulty.

We provide the full range of services which may be needed to effect a successful restructuring or turnaround - from advising directors on their duties and liabilities, through to standstill and support operations, debt rescheduling and debt to equity conversions. Our clients include major banks, private equity and venture capital houses, companies, their directors and turnaround and insolvency practitioners.

Where appropriate, we also advise on insolvency options and procedures.

In addition we provide advice:

to purchasers of, or investors in, distressed businesses and companies
to foreign law firms and overseas clients who need assistance in dealing with companies experiencing financial difficulty in the UK
on contentious as well as non-contentious matters, working closely with our highly-regarded litigation and dispute resolution team

Our clients appreciate being able to obtain corporate recovery advice from specialists who are experienced, pragmatic and commercial. Clients also appreciate our integrated approach - the ability to call upon relevant specialists from across the firm to provide the best advice for each assignment in a co-ordinated manner. Our extensive relationships also mean that we can assemble bespoke, multi-disciplinary teams for projects and will, where appropriate, lead the team and manage the process.

Recent projects include advising:

the liquidators of the Peleton hedge fund
the Amtrak Express Parcels group
lottery operator Chariot (UK) plc
the Leisure Link Group
the administrators and then liquidators of Retail Variations plc
Cape plc on its restructuring and turnaround and then on a ground-breaking scheme of arrangement in connection with asbestos claims
one of the bank lenders to the SR Gent Group
the directors of Courts Overseas
Pinewood Shepperton on its acquisition of Teddington TV Studios from administrators
the administrators of Jigsaw Day Nurseries
the trustees of various pension schemes
Atisreal UK on its acquisition of the commercial property business of Chesterton (in receivership)
the administrators of Carlton International Group

Publications

Legal Briefings
Brochures
Articles

Corporate Recovery Partner Profiles

Keith Bordell

Jeremy Walsh