Insolvency boutique Isadore Goldman is a ‘tour de force’, housing a ‘technically excellent’ team, which often acts for insolvency practitioners and businesses experiencing financial difficulty, and focuses on representing directors facing claims brought by insolvency practitioners. The ‘excellent’ Nick Oliver heads up the Portsmouth-based group and, as a ‘serious and heavyweight litigator’, handles both corporate and personal insolvency disputes and fraud-related matters. Stephen Ryde-Weller has broad expertise spanning the sale and purchase of distressed businesses, and business reorganisations.
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‘Nick Oliver is bright, approachable and knows the law. A safe pair of hands. He is a serious and heavyweight litigator, and good judge of tactics and technical points. Nick is exceptional, very bright, great insolvency knowledge, very commercial with excellent industry connections.'
‘Isadore Goldman has the best depth and breadth of industry and legal knowledge. They are an absolute tour de force of a regional firm. All members of the team are able to deal with complex and high-value cases competently and efficiently. There is no snobbery or hierarchy: from paralegal to partner, everyone knows the detail of the facts and the law.’
‘Nick Oliver is a stalwart of the industry, with excellent client service and comprehensive legal expertise.'
'Magdalena Wegrzyn is a rising star, taking on work beyond her PQE level with aplomb.'
‘Nick Oliver is an excellent solicitor and effectively manages client concerns. He is a safe pair of hands and wholly dependable. In dealing with difficult matters he is first class at finding effective solutions and managing stakeholders. I highlight rate Nick and his technical ability in his field.’
‘Nick Oliver and his team are technically excellent. They are hard working, approachable and work well with clients, often in the most difficult situations.’
‘Nick Oliver is outstanding. He gets to the heart of the issue swiftly, is responsive and has excellent client skills. I would happily recommend him.'
Key clients
- Azets
- Begbies Traynor
- BDO
- Grant Thornton
- Griffins
- Investec Asset Finance PLC
- Hereford Capital
- Mazars
- Merchant Finance London Limited t/a mycashline
- McTear, Williams & Wood
- Leonard Curtis Portland
- Purnells
- Quantuma
- RSM
- Spotcap
Work highlights
- Advised a bank on exposure to a large manufacturing business in financial distress, including an assessment of the bank’s position, and the rescue and restructuring plan proposed by the company and the bank’s options.
- Acted for a group of investors in the failed £250m Infinity development project in Liverpool to successfully oppose an application by administrators to sell the development site under Paragraph 71 of Schedule B1 of the Insolvency Act 1986.
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Nick Oliver