The insolvency practice at Addleshaw Goddard is headed by its national and international head of restructuring Ged Barnes, who has significant experience advising key clients on the full array of often cross-jurisdictional and consistently high-stakes corporate insolvency matters, particularly in non-contentious contexts, a focus shared by Tim Taylor. Sarah Foster is a key team member, who also stands out for her capabilities handling the spectrum of restructurings and related issues. Notably, the team was bolstered in August 2022 with the arrival of managing associate Peter Speight who has particular expertise in administrations, receiverships and liquidations, from Hill Dickinson LLP. Contentious-focused legal director Jean Boldero departed to an insolvency litigation financing company in January 2023.
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- 'The Addleshaw Goddard team are extremely responsive to any requests with excellent turnaround times when speed is of the essence on transactions. The advice received is also extremely commercial and provided in challenging circumstances and tight timescales.'
- 'The team clearly have a strong and positive working relationship amongst themselves, which makes working with them easy. They have a lot of experience in the field and provide sensible and commercial advice. They understand what the client wants and make the client feel valued.'
Key clients
- HSBC UK Bank plc
- PWC
- EY LLP
- Teneo Financial Advisory Limited
- Interpath Ltd
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- FRP Advisory LLP
- Endless LLP
- The HLD Group
- Avison Young (UK) Limited
- Viscount of the Royal Court of Jersey
- Kroll Limited
- Alvarez & Marsal
- Svella Plc
- ANS Group Limited
- Byrne Group Limited
- JD Sports Fashion plc
Work highlights
- Acting for Kroll Advisory as administrators of the business and assets of Doncaster Pharmaceutical Group Limited (DPGL) and other group companies.
- Acting for Byrne Group Limited on the acquisition of the business and assets of O'Keefe Construction (Greenwich) Limited from its administrators, RSM.
- Acting for the Viscount of Jersey in his capacity as Administrator of en desastre estates in relation to matters of English Law and as a party to proceedings in the High Court.
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Ged Barnes