The ‘responsive and commercial’ team at Charles Russell Speechlys LLP ’knows everything there is to know about corporate insolvency and restructuring’ and is particularly noted for its work on behalf of IPs. Drawing upon ‘excellent judgement, founded on a wealth of experience’, team head Roger Elford takes the lead on much of this and excels at handling contentious and non-contentious matters, including within the real estate sector. The ’outstanding’ Jamie Tilling is strong at handling contentious matters, including multi-jurisdictional work centred around fraud allegations. Alison Goldthorp, who has particular expertise in Part 26A plans, and the 'client-focused' Hanh Nguyen are also key members of the team.
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
- 'They are responsive and commercial, and impressively on top of the detail.'
- 'The entire team is excellent from top to bottom – they know everything there is to know about corporate insolvency and restructuring and are experts at working with clients to find the most commercial solution.'
- 'Roger Elford: excellent judgement founded on a wealth of experience. He comes into matters when he needs to and is excellent at steering the team and the litigation.'
- 'Jamie Tilling is superb. He is clever, engaged, and sensible.'
- 'Jamie Tilling is an outstanding lawyer. He is deeply intellectual – as clever as they come – but also particularly strong on understanding the non-legal commercial needs of clients.'
Key clients
- Begbies Traynor
- Central Bank of Bahrain
- CVR Global (based in Guernsey – part of Begbies Traynor)
- FRP Advisory
- Mark Wilson, James Dowers, and Craig Mitchell of RSM (in their capacity as Joint Liquidators of Global Steel Holdings Limited – in Liquidation)
- Insolve Plus
- Interpath (formerly KPMG)
- Kroll (formerly Duff & Phelps)
- Leonard Curtis
- Mercer & Hole
- Menzies
- Opus Restructuring & Insolvency
- RSM
- Teneo (formerly Deloitte)
- The Government of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas
- UHY Hacker Young
- Nike (on supplier insolvency issues)
Work highlights
- Advising the joint liquidators of Greensill on the potential liquidation of the company in relation to ongoing investigations concerning the pre-liquidation compromise of c.$440m of debt.
- External administrator of Awal Bank pursuing the recovery of the bank's $2bn of balance sheet assets.
- Advising the liquidators of the affairs of Global Steel Holdings Ltd including on investigations, asset recovery, and complex insolvency and fraud litigation in multiple jurisdictions around the world.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Roger Elford