About

Provided by Cleaver Fulton Rankin

The Insolvency & Business Restructuring team at Cleaver Fulton Rankin is led by Director, Jeanette Donohoe. The team specialises in all aspects of contentious and non-contentious corporate and personal recovery. They advise banks and insolvency practitioners on all formal insolvency appointments, restructuring and work around. They have extensive experience and are very well known by the Bankruptcy Master and Chancery Judge.


The team advises on administrations; liquidations; Company Voluntary Arrangements; Individual Voluntary Arrangements; Appointment of Fixed Charge Receivers; review of security; distressed Company and business disposals and restructuring; cross jurisdiction asset tracing and fraud cases; distressed property sales; Director Disqualification; adjustment of prior transactions including preference payments and Transactions at an Undervalue; possession proceedings; Interim Order Applications; Stays in Advertisement of Bankruptcy; Annulment of Bankruptcy; and Debtor Bankruptcy petitions.

Chambers Review

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Restructuring/Insolvency - Northern Ireland

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Band 2

What the Team is Known For

Cleaver Fulton Rankin advises local and national banking groups, companies and insolvency practitioners on the full spectrum of contentious and non-contentious restructuring and insolvency matters. The team offers expertise in areas such as administrations, debt recovery proceedings, CVAs and property sales. The firm is further equipped to handle insolvency matters involving assets located abroad.

Work Highlights

  • Cleaver Fulton Rankin advised the directors of Harland & Wolff (Belfast) on its pre-pack administration sale.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Jeanette Donohoe
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Jeanette Donohoe
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Band 2

Jeanette Donohoe has notable experience advising appointed administrators on debt recovery, as well as assisting with leveraged buyouts and liquidations. She is head of Cleaver Fulton Rankin's insolvency and business restructuring department.

Jeanette's very thorough, accessible, pragmatic and solutions-driven.

Jeanette is a highly respected lawyer in the industry and is recognised as a leader in some of the most complex cases in the jurisdiction.

Jeanette stands out for the depth of her insolvency knowledge, patience, ability to work under pressure, and her ability to provide clear, commercial guidance in fast-moving or contentious situations.

Jeanette has the full hat trick: she’s technically very strong, accurate in her advice, and speedy in its delivery.

Maria McNally
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Maria McNally
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Up and Coming

Maria McNally has a highly regarded insolvency and restructuring practice, and is experienced in representing trustees in a range of complex matters including schemes of arrangement, recognition orders and liquidations.

Maria is extremely diligent and resourceful in complex insolvency matters.

Maria is a fantastic solicitor. She has vast knowledge of insolvency law. Whether you go to her just for advice or she is acting on your behalf, you know you’ll receive a first-class service.

Maria is very professional, knowledgeable, and helpful throughout the entire life-cycle of a matter.

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Restructuring/Insolvency

Jeanette Donohoe
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Jeanette Donohoe
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Band 2
Maria McNally
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Maria McNally
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Up and Coming

Members

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Aidan McCarron

Charles Stuart

Jack Hull

Clients

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AIB Bank (UK) PLC

BDO NI

Baker Tilly Mooney Moore

Bank of Ireland PLC

Begbies Traynor

Cavanagh Kelly

Deloitte

Ernst & Young

Grant Thornton UK LLP

HNH Group

HSBC Bank PLC

Harbinson Mulholland

KPMG

Keenan CF

McCambridge Duffy LLP

Pepper (UK) Limited