Fielding a large team spread across its Leeds and Sheffield offices, Irwin Mitchell's restructuring and insolvency practice handles the full breadth of contentious and non-contentious work for a client base of banks, lenders, insolvency practitioners and restructuring professionals. Doug Robertson and Tom Paton jointly lead the team from Leeds and Sheffield respectively; Robertson specialises in property insolvency, while Paton also leads the firm's national creditors services team.
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Key clients
- Interpath
- EY
- PWC
- Alvarez and Marsal Europe LLP
- RSM
- Mazars
- FRP
- Begbies Traynor
- BDO
- Kroll
- Grant Thornton
- Evelyn Partners (Smith & Williamson)
- Quantuma
- Leonard Curtis
- Opus
- Armstrong Watson
- HSBC Bank plc/HSBC UK Bank plc
- National Westminster Bank plc
- The Royal Bank of Scotland plc
- Lloyds Bank plc
- Metro Bank plc
- SME Invoice Finance Limited
- Close Brothers Invoice Finance
- Shawbrook
- Bridgewood
- Manolete Partners plc
- Asertis
Work highlights
- Acting for Interpath as the Administrators of True North Brew Co Limited on their appointment, and on the pre-packed sale of business and assets in relation to (1) the company’s brewery; (2) the company’s gin distillery; and (3) the company’s 12 trading bars and pubs which saved 325 jobs.
- Acting for Begbies Traynor as the Administrators of a group of 10 companies in the renewable energy sector (Future Renewable Eco Solutions Plc & others) with sites across England, Scotland and Northern Ireland and advising on a variety of issues including the security granted by the two English companies, Remuneration and Extension Application and strategy.
- Acting for Interpath as the Administrators of an online retailer of equestrian equipment and advising and assisting with the pre-pack administration of the company’s business and assets.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Doug Robertson, Tom Paton