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Insolvency & Restructuring

    Our Insolvency & Restructuring team is recognised for delivering clear, commercially focused advice with speed and precision. We support clients through every stage of the recovery process, providing both commercial debt recovery services and strategic guidance on matters involving financial distress, disputed liabilities and enforcement. Our approach combines sector-leading expertise, bespoke technology and a practical understanding of how businesses operate under pressure.

    Our clients benefit from a seamless instruction process using our bespoke software, which allows debts to be uploaded electronically at any time. From there, demand letters are generated automatically - enabling fast, efficient escalation. In most cases, this prompts early engagement from the debtor, particularly when faced with the prospect of contractual or statutory interest and rising costs. Our team is highly experienced in negotiations, providing help with the negotiation of unpaid invoices that is both pragmatic and commercially grounded.

    Where disputes arise, we offer business insolvency legal advice on the quickest and most cost‑effective route to resolution, whether through statutory demands, mediation or issuing proceedings with a view to obtaining summary judgment. Once judgment is secured, our judgment enforcement lawyers take decisive action, including seizing and selling assets, taking control of bank accounts and using the full range of powers available under the Insolvency Act. These powers allow us to access bank records, review solicitor files and examine debtors and connected parties.

    Our team also provides specialist support on bankruptcy, liquidation and director accountability, offering clients access to company liquidation legal support, services for director disqualification, and comprehensive advice from bankruptcy & insolvency litigation experts. Whether a matter involves simple arrears or complex asset tracing, we provide reliable pre and post insolvency debt recovery solutions that protect commercial interests.

    Our Services

    We work with clients across a wide range of sectors, delivering fast, effective and commercially minded debt recovery and insolvency support. Our services include:

    • Issuing letters of demand via our automated instruction system
    • Statutory demand legal assistance and advice on escalation strategy
    • Mediation and alternative dispute resolution
    • Issuing court proceedings and pursuing summary judgment
    • Enforcement of judgments through asset seizure, bank account control and related orders
    • Bankruptcy proceedings against individuals
    • Liquidation of companies and tracing of assets
    • Examination of directors and connected individuals under Insolvency Act powers
    • Support from experienced litigators on disputed claims
    • Risk‑management solutions through litigation funders and After The Event insurers

    In addition to legal support, we run a networking community offering regular seminars and events, helping clients stay up to date with developments and remain connected across the debt recovery landscape.

    Meet the Team

    Our Insolvency & Restructuring team is led by Jim Varley and supported by insolvency practitioners who provide clear, tactical advice on dispute resolution and enforcement strategy. We collaborate closely with litigation funders and After The Event insurers to help clients manage cost and risk.

    Where insolvency action is required, our dedicated specialists bring extensive experience in financial investigations, asset tracing and director accountability. We have acted in matters involving concealed assets, complex financial structures and cross‑party transactions. Using the statutory tools available to us, we interrogate directors, access bank accounts, obtain solicitor files and follow the movement of funds with precision.

    Our team also pursues disqualification of rogue directors where appropriate, reinforcing our wider commitment to robust, commercial and compliance‑focused outcomes. Together, we provide the full range of support expected from leading debt recovery solicitors, enabling clients to recover debts efficiently while focusing on running their businesses.

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