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We pride ourselves on our ability to add value and to act in partnership with our clients to obtain successful outcomes, assisting in the strategy and sharing the risk where appropriate.
We are involved in a comprehensive range of investigatory and civil recovery actions, as well as procedural court applications and criminal compensatory processes in insolvency cases.
We also act for insolvency practitioners in bringing claims in mainly non-contentious cases to ease through the resolution of those estates, and defending office holders in claims made against them, as well as representing and protecting the positions of key creditors in distressed financial scenarios.
Acting for the joint provisional liquidators of a solvent investment fund on various issues, including recognition of their foreign proceeding, their investigations following the same, and a subsequent termination application in respect of the recognition.
Acting for the dissolution trustees of a BVI limited partnership on certain issues in the solvent liquidation of the same. Actions include dealing with and defending the estate, as appropriate, in relation to claims made by former professional advisors; and also acting for certain warrantors in...
Acting for the liquidators of an investment fund which is one of multiple defendants in a $9.2 billion fraud claim in the Grand Court in Cayman. Actions include obtaining an order from the High Court in London for recognition of the liquidation of the fund as a foreign proceeding under the Cross...
Acting for the liquidators of various estates in the Lehman Group. Actions have included reviewing the terms of a US plan of reorganisation in respect of various estates and advising on its impact on distributions to a UK estate; considering and advising on claims on behalf of a UK estate...
Securing the release of a fast ferry from arrest in France via applications in both English and French courts, and dealing with various claims to rights of ownership over the vessel during an administration, including selling the vessel through judicial sale in the admiralty court.
Acting for a credit insurer of major financial institutions in respect of its claims in one of Europe's largest ever restructurings.
Acting for the administrators of a number of large retail fashion chains including advising on trading issues and, in particular, the categorisation of liabilities under leases in the insolvent estates
Acting for the administrators of the Derby United Credit Union. The administration is one of the first of a credit union following changes to the relevant legislation in 2014
Assisting the administrators of a sub-prime lender on a major fraud investigation, including obtaining worldwide freezing injunctions and utilising statutory powers to obtain key oral and documentary evidence
Swap misselling claims: acting for administrators in reviewing and advising on the causes of action relating to high value claims that interest rate hedging instruments were mis-sold to the companies over which the administrators were appointed
Cartel activity claims: reviewing claims arising from European Commission decisions on cartel activity and advising the liquidators of two companies in relation to the same
Robinson and Others v AIG and Others: acting for the liquidators of Save Service Stations in applying to the High Court for directions as to the correct distribution of realisations of GBP 40 million in the estate, having regard to subordination clauses in certain finance documents. Succeeding...
Acting for the liquidators of Longmeade Limited, a group company in the Lehman Brothers estate. We recently made an application to court for directions on the conduct of a prospective claim in negligence against the Official Receiver and the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills. The...
Acting for the trustee in bankruptcy of Karen Millen in investigating her assets and assisting in realising the same, as well as advising on the pursuit and resolution of various claims arising in the estate, including in the Court of Appeal.
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