Restructuring/Insolvency
UK Guide 2025 : North West
Band 3
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+44 (0)845 634 2540About
Provided by Freeths LLP
The team act for a number of national and regional insolvency practitioners and maintains good relationships with insolvency practitioners both across the region and nationally. The department is divided between contentious and non-contentious. On the contentious side, the particular specialism is that the department will take on nil-asset cases with significant deficiencies and assist Insolvency Practitioners in the forensic exercise of establishing whether assets have gone astray and if so advising and acting on the litigation (if required) to recover those assets for the benefit of the creditors within the particular insolvency. Litigation is a last resort but pursued vigorously, if required. The key focus on the litigation side is to maximise recoveries with the minimum of expense.
The team’s reputation in the market is supported by the relationships the team has developed with a number of insolvency practitioners within both the region and on a national basis including Grant Thornton, BDO, Begbies Traynor, RSM, FRP Advisory, Quantuma, Alvarez & Marsal, RSM, Smith & Williamson, Hazlewoods and EWS to name a few.
The team prides itself on being known as a pro-active, technically astute, and commercially focussed team which is able to deal with complex instructions. The team already has an excellent reputation in the market, being both commercial and technically outstanding, which has led to an expanding market presence and the need to further recruit.
Chambers Review
Freeths has a capable team which undertakes all manner of corporate recovery, restructuring and insolvency work. The team acts for national insolvency practitioners and distressed businesses on contentious and non-contentious mandates, including administrations and bankruptcies. The firm represents clients on all sides of disputes, including trustees in bankruptcy, liquidators and debtors. It also regularly handles personal insolvency matters.
Work Highlights
- Freeths acted for the joint administrators in relation to a sale of the business and assets of Paper London.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"It's a known player in this field with consistent talent."
"Its team is very knowledgeable and able. It has a strength and depth that others aspire to."
"It's a known player in this field with consistent talent."
"Its team is very knowledgeable and able. It has a strength and depth that others aspire to."
Notable Practitioners
Joey Byrne heads up the firm's restructuring and insolvency team. He is widely recognised in the market for his work as an insolvency litigator, and is instructed in all manner of contentious insolvency and bankruptcy-related fraud cases. He handles matters relating to corporate and high-value personal insolvency.
"He provides a good service and knows what he is talking about."
"Joey Byrne is very good to work with and against."
Kevin Pinkerton is head of non-contentious insolvency in the Freeths Manchester office. He regularly acts for insolvency practitioners in relation to restructurings, administrations and liquidations.
"Kevin Pinkerton has huge intellect and a great presence in this market."
"He is a dual-qualified insolvency practitioner and solicitor, so that is really reassuring for his clients. He has a commercial, practical and sensible understanding."