Businesses in distress, lenders and creditors, and liquidators frequently seek the expertise of Muckle LLP in matters concerning debt recovery, investigations, and matters of directors’ conduct. Practice head Louise Duffy is a key name for liquidator-led investigations, while Laura Keegan has a broad practice that spans both contentious and non-contentious work with a significant emphasis on advising directors facing the liquidation of companies. Sarah Farish is highly recommended by clients for insolvency work in the engineering sector.
Testimonials
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‘Always very professional and prompt with all communication. Very informative and knowledgeable.’
‘Sarah Farish kept a very high standard of client care. She always kept me updated and was always contactable.’
‘The team at Muckle are very approachable and can easily adapt to have someone on hand who can assist in any scenario that we may come across.’
‘Sarah Farish within the insolvency team is extremely personable whilst providing pragmatic legal guidance which makes her a joy to work with.’
‘I really like Laura Keegan and Sarah Farish. ’
‘Muckle have an excellent team across all it's disciplines. The team members are approachable from trainees up to the partnership team.’
‘Laura Keegan provides an outstanding level of service. ’
‘Laura Keegan is one of the best younger insolvency lawyers around. Technically very competent and she can express her advice and arguments in correspondence much better than most of her contemporaries. She really knows how to get a point across both in writing and orally.'
Key clients
- Leonard Curtis Recovery Limited
- FRP Advisory Trading Limited
- Interpath
- Begbies Traynor
- Opus Restructuring
- Express Engineering Limited
- Northpoint Associates
- RMT Accountants and Business Advisory
- Manolete Partners PLC
- Gentoo Group Limited
Work highlights
- Advised Leonard Curtis Recovery regarding a company that went into creditors voluntary liquidation, utilising our specialism in directors' misfeasance claims.
- Advised and assisted LDC Private Equity backed Express Engineering through the pre-pack process and the purchase of the business and assets of Q.A Weld Tech when the latter called in administrators.
- Advising Begbies Traynor Group when a charitable further education provider went into liquidation, with a substantial book debt shown as owing by a former group company.
Lawyers
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Louise Duffy