Boutique insolvency and restructuring firm Isadore Goldman provides ‘user-friendly, commercial and pragmatic’ advice to IPs, debtors/directors and creditors across a range of contentious and non-contentious corporate insolvency and bankruptcy matters. Kevin Mitchell is ’a walking encyclopaedia of the insolvency legislation’ and he heads up a team that also includes the ‘exceptional’ Nick Oliver and Monica Kapur, who is ’brilliant’ at navigating complex insolvency disputes and litigation and insolvency investigations.

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Testimonials

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  • 'They are approachable, technical and practical.'
  • 'It is a very knowledgeable, user-friendly, commercial and pragmatic team.'
  • 'The very-user-friendly Kevin Mitchell is a walking encyclopaedia of the insolvency legislation and I would put him near the top of a list of one for individual voluntary arrangement advice.'
  • 'The exceptional Nick Oliver is proactive in progressing matters and imaginative in his problem solving.'
  • 'Monica Kapur is a brilliant lawyer. She is very proactive and knowledgeable in her area.'
  • 'Craig Parrett and Laura Hook are responsive, easy to work with and highly professional.'

Key clients

  • BDO
  • Menzies
  • Aviva
  • Quantuma
  • Leonard Curtis
  • RSM
  • R2 Advisory
  • Kent Insolvency
  • McTear Williams and Wood
  • Hereford Capital
  • Begbies Traynor
  • Moorfields
  • Richard Long & Co
  • Compass Financial Recovery & Insolvency
  • Marshall Peters
  • Kreston Reeves
  • Path Business Recovery
  • Manolete Partners plc
  • Moore Kingston Smith
  • Springfields
  • Opus LLP
  • Augusta Kent
  • CMB Partners
  • Mazars
  • Larking Gowen
  • Ensors
  • Investec Bank PLC/Investec Asset Finance PLC
  • Portland Business and Finance Solutions
  • Griffins
  • Grant Thornton
  • Interpath Advisory
  • Parker Andrews
  • Purnells
  • Hudson Weir
  • FRP Advisory LLP
  • PBC Business Recovery and Insolvency Ltd
  • Azets
  • KJG Xeinadin
  • WSM Marks Bloom
  • Turpin Barker Armstrong
  • FTS Recovery

Work highlights

  • Acting for Opus LLP, the administrators of a company affected by Russian sanctions.
  • Assisting creditors of a failed development project (Infinity Developments Liverpool Ltd) to recover their investments.
  • Assisting administrators (Quantuma) with complex investigations and advising on high-value claims.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Kevin Mitchell

Other key lawyers

Andy Taylor, Nick Oliver, Christina Fitzgerald, Monica Kapur, Thomas Bond, Craig Parrett, Sian Leonard, Laura Hook