Restructuring/Insolvency
UK Guide 2025 : East Anglia
Band 1
Contact number
(01245) 211211About
Provided by Birketts LLP
Birketts’ Restructuring and Insolvency Team advises on all issues arising from corporate and personal distress.
Formal insolvencies:
- Administrations
- Receiverships
- Liquidations
- Pre-packs
- Bankruptcies (winding-up petitions)
- Advising insolvency practitioners
- Advising lenders
- Advising creditors
- All forms of insolvency litigation and dispute resolution
- Solvent liquidations (members’ voluntary liquidation)
Restructuring:
- Refinancing
- Debt and equity restructuring
- Debt for equity swaps
- Voluntary arrangements
- Asset disposals / acquisitions
- Work-outs and turnarounds
- Tax considerations
Chambers Review
Birketts has a leading team in East Anglia known for its restructuring work in sectors including property and construction. The firm is also noted for its experience advising on contentious insolvency matters. It has additional strength in advising on group insolvencies.
Work Highlights
- Birketts advised FRP Advisory as administrators on the sale of the assets and business of Croucher Needham in a matter worth £500,000.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"The firm is very professional and well known for its expert advice."
"Birketts has a varied team able to deal with a breadth of matters."
"The firm is very professional and well known for its expert advice."
"Birketts has a varied team able to deal with a breadth of matters."
Notable Practitioners
Cambridge-based Laurence Weeks leads the firm's restructuring and insolvency team. He is a commercial litigator who has extensive experience in insolvency disputes. He handles asset recovery for liquidators, winding-up petitions and high-value administrations.
"He's strong in technical knowledge while considering the commerciality of the case."
"He is technically very good, with a good ability to manage stakeholders."