England - South East • Finance
Paris Smith LLP
The ‘technically gifted’ team at Paris Smith LLP serves a diverse range of clients, including SMEs, not for profits, and finance corporates. Mike Pavitt heads up the Southampton-based team with ‘formidable breadth of knowledge and understanding’, often assisting insolvency practitioner accountants, creditors and companies with disputes and transactions. Claire Long joined the team from Lester Aldridge LLP in August 2022, contributing her broad expertise in the purchase and sale of distressed property, particularly regarding retail administrations.
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Testimonials
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‘Mike Pavitt leads a strong team. They are friendly, dependable and keep abreast of all the latest developments in the law and practice in this area.’
‘Mike Pavitt is a gentle giant whose kind nature belies his strength of character. With his formidable breadth of knowledge and understanding, he tailors his approach to the circumstances of each case, to get the right results.'
- ‘A very commercially sound and technically gifted team who provide excellent service.’
- 'Lucy Andrews is a delight to work with.’
‘Mike Pavitt is widely regarded as a leading figure in the insolvency industry, with excellent technical knowledge, commercial and efficient application of that knowledge, and brilliant client care.’
Key clients
- Azets Holdings Limited
- Bailey Ahmad Business Recovery
- Beacon LIP Limited
- Begbies Traynor Group PLC
- CMB Partners UK Limited
- Evelyn Partners
- FRP Advisory Trading Limited
- Hampshire Trust Bank
- Interbay Funding Limited
- Interpath Limited
- James Cowper LLP
- Manolete Partners PLC
- Portland Business & Financial Solutions Limited/Leonard Curtis
- Quantuma Advisory Limited/K3 Restructuring
- Quba
- RSM Restructuring Advisory LLP
- SKSi Limited
Work highlights
- Advised Manolete Partners PLC on claims from insolvency officeholders, ranging from recovery of misapplied Bounce Back Loans, to Overdrawn Directors’ Loan Accounts and misfeasance.
- Acted for Leonard Curtis in the appointment of administrators by qualifying floating charge holder, defence of winding-up petitions.
- Advised West Hill Capital as a security trustee and creditor on its rights and realisation strategy prior to and after various companies’ administrations to maximise returns for bondholders, and on the validity of administration appointment documents and on some occasions, in respect of the administrators proposals and prospective pre-pack sale by administrators.
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