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The Restructuring and Insolvency team at Spencer West stands out as a national force in handling an array of restructuring and insolvency assignments, showcasing an impressive track record in various industry sectors.
The team has welcomed new partners into its ranks, bolstering the team's capabilities. They are leaders in their field and renowned for acting for blue chip and household name clients. They act for clients involved in agriculture, animal feed, consumables, vintners and litigation funders. The contentious team’s special sector experience is acting for Insolvency Practitioners, pursuing adjudications on behalf of insolvent contractors and obtaining payment.
The team continues to grow as regional heavyweights offering mainly non-contentious early options advisory and contingency planning for corporates and stakeholders and the delivery of solutions driven advice to complex distressed situations. They negotiate and undertake transactional and enforcement action for corporates, creditors, lenders (particularly ABLs), investors, directors and shareholders. The team has been involved in a broad spectrum of projects including administrations, particularly in complex regulated financial services, options advisory and contingency planning for main market listed Plc’s to significant construction corporates with supply chain consequences, director advisory, refinancing, ABL appointments and security protection and enforcement, as well as pensions and insolvency disputes.
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Spencer West's team in the Thames Valley offers non-contentious, early options advisory and contingency planning advice for corporates and stakeholders. In addition to asset tracing and recovery, it also handles restructuring, refinancing and turnaround assignments.
Spencer West acted for the liquidators in recovering sums due to a provider of skill-based courses, where HMRC is the largest creditor (c. £44 million), and investigating claims against third parties.
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I think they are a professional, solid team. As a general overview, they are all great lawyers. The matters they handle are often quite complex.
They are very knowledgeable as to the law and offer practical, applied commercial solutions. They have good strength in depth, and are very able and willing to work across a matter on all tasks.
They offer a really good service.
I think they are a professional, solid team. As a general overview, they are all great lawyers. The matters they handle are often quite complex.
They are very knowledgeable as to the law and offer practical, applied commercial solutions. They have good strength in depth, and are very able and willing to work across a matter on all tasks.
They offer a really good service.
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Suzanne Brooker impresses as a strong practitioner for contentious and non-contentious restructuring and insolvency mandates, including demonstrable experience in cross-border asset tracing. Her impressive client roster includes notable corporations and insolvency practitioners.
She is a first-rate lawyer with excellent insolvency knowledge and is a great negotiator. I find her to be superb.
She is brilliant and a very intelligent lady, someone who comes to you and already has the answers. She is very experienced in insolvency, a real expert.
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