With a strong presence in the South West and also benefitting from some expertise in London, particularly on the contentious front, Ashfords LLP provides a solid service to stakeholders in relation to corporate and personal insolvency mandates. The 'commercially astute' Crispin Jones has strong connections with London-based IPs and excels in handling work relating to insolvent law firms and insolvency fraud cases. David Pomeroy, the Bristol-based team head, provides guidance to directors, lenders and administrators on distressed finances and insolvencies across multiple sectors such as retail, construction and hospitality.
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Testimonials
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- 'The Ashfords insolvency team is relatively small yet somehow manages to punch way above its weight in insolvency litigation.'
- 'Crispin Jones is commercially astute and is always on top of the detail.'
- 'Crispin Jones has deep links with the London insolvency practitioner market – he is universally well known and well liked by all the top officeholders and is rewarded with leading mandates accordingly.'
Key clients
- Evelyn LLP (formerly Smith & Williamson LLP)
- Begbies Traynor LLP
- FRP Advisory
- Albert Goodman LLP
- PKF Francis Clark LLP
- Bishop Fleming LLP
- Grant Thornton LLP
- Quantuma LLP
- Woolovers Limited
- Mazars LLP
- Moore Kingston Smith
- Undebt.co.uk
- Westcotts Business Recovery LLP
- Opus LLP
- Manolete Partners plc
- Azets
- Carter Clark
- Bhardwaj Limited
Work highlights
- Acted for Begbies Traynor as trustees in bankruptcy of a high-net -worth individual who is also a suspect in a money laundering operation of over £200m.
- Acted for Manolete Partners plc in bringing successful action against the defendants, the directors of a company which required extensive investigations of transactions and tracing manipulation of assets through various companies.
- Advised Begbies Traynor following its appointment, advising it on a company’s trading period and going concern rescue, which became the subject of litigation. The property team assisted in the sale of the sole asset of the company worth over £7m.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
David Pomeroy