England - South West • Finance
Clarke Willmott LLP
Regarded by clients as ‘innovative and commercial', Clarke Willmott LLP’s restructuring and insolvency team’s varied workload sees them advising on breach of duty claims against directors, pre-packs, and civil recovery claims for multiple clients. The team is co-led by Martin Askew, described as a ‘leader in the sector’, and Ken MacLennan,whose expertise extends to CVAs and trading bankruptcies. Contentious insolvency expert Ruth Hartnell-Thorne and the ’fiercely pragmatic' Stephanie Bishop are further key contacts at the firm.
Legal 500 Editorial commentary
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
‘An excellent team with great strength and depth. Certainly one of the best in the UK.’
‘Martin Askew is probably one of the best solicitors I have ever worked with. His knowledge is unsurpassable.'
- 'Stephanie Bishop is a shining star. She is fiercely pragmatic, a great team player and widely knowledgable.’
‘High quality partners. Martin Askew is a leader in the sector. Ken MacLennan is commercial and astute.’
‘I enjoy working with Ken MacLennan, he takes the time to take an interest in me as well as the work, and I feel that we can work together as a team to get the job done.’
‘Clarke Willmott's full service provision, high quality advice, local nous and premier status in the South West, make them both an exceptional option for nationally located work, but also as an option for regional work.’
‘Ken MacLennan continues to provide an excellent, commercially minded and high-quality service offering in both contentious and non-contentious insolvency and restructuring services.’
Key clients
- Begbies Traynor (Central) LLP
- C F Moller A/S
- CVR Global LLP
- Evelyn Partners (formerly Smith & Williamson)
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Interpath Ltd (t/a Interpath Advisory)
- Kingston Smith & Partners
- Leonard Curtis Business Solutions Group
- Mazars LLP
- Menzies LLP
- MHA MacIntyre Hudson
- Neveya Cosmetics Co PTY Ltd
- Quantuma LLP
- The Insolvency Service
- WSM Marks Bloom LLP
Work highlights
- Advising the Rugby Players Association, and by extension its members, on the insolvencies of Worcester RFC and Wasps RFC.
- Acting for the joint liquidators of two companies in liquidation operating as cryptocurrency exchange platforms and joint trustees of the bankrupt director.
- Acting for a liquidator from Moore Kingston Smith in pursuing claims against over 60 respondents (initially) who had used a NIC and PAYE avoidance scheme.
Lawyers
Rising stars
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Martin Askew, Ken MacLennan