The 'very commercial' team at Womble Bond Dickinson (UK) LLP has 'great expertise in the mid-market' for a range of stakeholders across a myriad of restructuring mandates and formal insolvency instructions. The relatively recent arrival of Alan Bennett from Ashfords LLP has enhanced the team's capabilities for contentious matters and cross-border restructurings, with Bennett noted for his 'uncannily accurate litigation judgement'. London team head Jonathan Dunkley is 'a very well-organised insolvency partner' who has recently advised the boards of numerous energy companies on the implementation of the supplier of last resort process.
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- 'They have expert knowledge and expertise in dealing with contentious insolvency.'
- 'They are a very commercial team, with great expertise in the mid-market.'
- 'Jonathan Dunkley is a very well-organised insolvency partner.'
- 'Alan Bennett is one of the top rainmaking litigators in the mid-market. He has uncannily accurate litigation judgement; he unerringly knows the right course to take to maximise his client's position.'
- 'Amy Gallimore is very personable with a "can do" attitude.'
Key clients
- Alvarez & Marsal
- Azets
- BDO
- Begbies Traynor
- Carter Clark
- Castle Hill Insolvency
- Crowe
- Evelyn
- FRP Advisory
- Grant Thornton
- The Insolvency Service
- Interpath
- Kirks
- Kroll
- McTear Williams & Wood
- Milsted Langdon
- Moore Kingston Smith
- Oury Clark
- Quantuma
- ReSolve
- RSM
- Turpin Barker Armstrong
- Per Publishable Matter 7 – additional clients whom we advise on property insolvency matters such as LPA receiverships:|Alder King||Allsop| ||Best |Gapp| & Cassells||BNP ||Colliers||Daniells| Harrison||DTZ||Eddisons| ||FRP||GVA||Kevin Oliver||KPMG||Mazars||Moorfields||Lambert Smith Hampton||Luscombe Treharne||Savills||Scanlans||Vail Williams
Work highlights
- Acted for The Insolvency Service in relation to the directors' disqualification proceedings arising from the high-profile failure of Carillion, resulting in a total of 30 years' disqualification for the executive directors.
- Advising Alvarez & Marsal in relation to the administrations of a multitude of energy suppliers being Utility Point, Green Supplier, Igloo, PfP Energy, Neon Reef, People's Energy and Avro Energy, including the ongoing development of case law as to the treatment of certain creditor claims involving suppliers of last resort (SoLRs).
- Advised the administrators of MCE Insurance Ltd, an insurance broker in the motor insurance field, including regulatory, trading and cross-border aspects and claims in excess of £155m.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Jonathan Dunkley (head of London restructuring and insolvency), Andy Stirk (national head of restructuring and insolvency)