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Stevens & Bolton LLP

Restructuring/Insolvency

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Stevens & Bolton LLP

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About

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Our restructuring and insolvency group comprises contentious and non-contentious lawyers with extensive experience in both corporate and personal insolvency matters.

We act for corporates, investors, financial institutions, insolvency practitioners, creditors, directors and other stakeholders.

We provide advice on the full range of insolvency and restructuring issues including:

  • Expertise in distressed transactions, insolvency-related litigation, restructuring (solvent as well as distressed) and refinancing
  • Providing advice in the context of insolvency to corporates and directors, including contingency planning and any proposed restructuring or refinancing
  • Extensive experience in both corporate and personal insolvency work, including international and cross-border

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Restructuring/Insolvency - The South

Band 1

Band 1


What the Team is Known For
Stevens & Bolton acts for corporate groups on restructuring matters and for insolvency practitioners on contentious mandates. Its other areas of work include personal insolvency and directors' disqualification. The firm is capable of advising on significant cross-border matters. Additionally, it is commended for specific expertise in insurance-related insolvency work.

Work Highlights

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  • Stevens & Bolton advised partners in Deloitte Bermuda as joint provisional liquidators of Custodian Life, a life insurance company licensed by the Bermuda Monetary Authority.

Strengths

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  • They have experience and a client-focused approach.

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  • The quality of the people, their work ethic and their bedside manner are fantastic.

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  • Stevens & Bolton have displayed a strong blend of technical and legal expertise, providing pragmatic, commercial advice.

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Notable Practitioners

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  • Band 1Tim Carter
    Band 1Tim Carter

    Tim Carter

    Tim Carter is co-head of the restructuring and insolvency group in Guildford. He is a highly reputed restructuring and insolvency lawyer who advises insolvency practitioners on disputes such as claims against directors.
    • Tim Carter is astute and commercial, with significant experience of the law relating to liquidation.

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    • Tim is technically excellent and highly responsive. He overlaid his advice with an understanding of my commercial aims.

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    • His knowledge, guidance, support, work ethic and approach are superb. He is another great person to have during fast-moving transactions.

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    • Tim is a details man yet has an innate ability to turn complex work into easy-to-use, easy-to-understand prose.

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