Squire Patton Boggs has particular expertise in advising clients in the sports and energy sectors on bankruptcy and liquidation matters. The firm is also experienced in the retail and hospitality space. Devinder Singh, who is based in Birmingham and co-leads the team, focuses on contentious restructuring and insolvency work. Fellow co-lead Russ Hill is a key contact in the practice, with a specialty in retail turnaround advice. Oliver Ward-Jones consolidates the firm’s skills in contentious and non-contentious work.
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‘Russ Hill is the best talent in the Midlands and UK restructuring markets - commercial, technically excellent and easy to deal with.'
Key clients
- Lloyds Bank
- Interpath Advisory
- Alvarez and Marsal
- Grant Thornton
- Kroll Advisory
- Praetura Commercial Finance Limited
- FRP Advisory
- EY
- Teneo
- Sanderson Weatherall
- Cambridge & Counties Bank
- Frontier Development Capital
- Evelyn Partners
- FTI Consulting LLP
- Secure Trust Bank Plc
- GXO plc
- JFN Limited
- Shawbrook Bank
Work highlights
- Acted for FTI Consulting LLP, the administrators of JFN Limited, the UK's only live nuclear decommissioning services firm, on the wind-down of the company.
- Advising the directors of CK Acquisitions Limited on the funding and strategic challenges facing the company and the eventual appointment of administrators.
- Advised FRP Advisory, the administrators of a company holding an iconic 26 storey luxury apartment complex.
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Devinder Singh, Russ Hill