Keystone Law

Insurance: Insolvency and Restructuring

Stephen is a highly experienced insolvency and restructuring specialist who deals with both corporate and personal insolvency assignments, providing pragmatic and commercial advice. With extensive expertise in all aspects of insolvency litigation, transactional/advisory and cross-border work, his practice focuses largely on advising insolvency officeholders as well as those affected by insolvency, including creditors, lenders, professional, businesses and individuals.Stephen is a member of the Association of Business Recovery Professionals (R3) and the Insolvency Lawyers Association.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE: 

Corporate and personal insolvency procedures, including administrations, liquidations, receiverships, bankruptcy, voluntary arrangements, and insolvent estates Contentious insolvency, including antecedent transaction claims Tracing, securing and pursuing claims to recover assets located within the UK or offshore Investigations, including s236/s366 applications Transactional insolvency, including drafting and negotiating agreements for the sale of assets by insolvency officeholders Creditor services, including security reviews, ROT issues, advising lenders, advising landlords and undertaking debt recovery Advising directors on their duties and liabilities, including disqualification proceedings and s216 prohibited names issues Defending statutory demands and petitions, including applications to set aside or injunctions to restrain presentation Company strike-offs and restoration applications

Qualified as a solicitor in 2004, joined Keystone Law in 2016

Stephen is a member of the Association of Business Recovery Professionals (R3) and the Insolvency Lawyers Association.