Chambers Review
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Restructuring/Insolvency - North East
What the Team is Known For
Clarke Mairs Law has a respected group that advises insolvency practitioners on a broad range of matters. The team in Newcastle is noted for its contentious insolvency work, including asset recovery. It also acts on behalf of liquidators in pursuing claims against directors. The team frequently handles transactional and non-contentious matters.
Strengths
A first-class team which always offers excellent, pragmatic advice.
They are very switched on and capable of thinking outside the box in a creative way.
The whole team is always responsive, making themselves available to deal with issues as soon as they arise.
Notable practitioners
Paul Rushworth has extensive experience of handling a wide range of insolvency matters for administrators. He is also well-versed in multi-jurisdictional investigative work relating to high-value bankruptcy matters.
His advice has always proven sound, pragmatic, commercial and invaluable.
He is very practical and commercial.
He makes things as easy and simple as he can. He gets to the nub of the problem and always manages to do so quickly and efficiently.
Louise Ager is a partner in the insolvency and corporate recovery team at Clarke Mairs. She is recommended for her work handling contentious and non-contentious insolvency issues.
She is a very good lawyer.
She really knows her stuff and looks after her clients.
Louise has a methodical and practical approach to all issues, while always considering any potential commercial outcome.