Chris Coulter

Practice Areas

Chris Coulter is an Associate in A&L Goodbody's Restructuring & Insolvency group in Belfast. Chris specialises in all aspects of business recovery and insolvency related matters and is adept at providing advice in both the contentious and non-contentious spheres. Chris has extensive experience acting for local and national banks, financial institutions, funds, creditors and insolvency practitioners in the majority of high-profile corporate failures in Northern Ireland in recent years. Chris also conducts a wide variety of financial services and insolvency related litigation. One of Chris’ key strengths is his ability to understand and distil the intersection between insolvency law and specialist sector specific regulation, in particular, financial services regulations.

Areas of Expertise:

• Restructuring & Insolvency

• Litigation & Dispute Resolution

Professional Memberships

Association of Business Recovery Professionals and Law Society of Northern Ireland.

Career

Experience Advising:

- The Administrators of the Wiggle / Chain Reaction Group.

- The Administrators of Wrightbus Limited.

- Provided advice concerning enforcement of security following the Administration of Flybe.

- Advised on the restructuring of the Hanes Group (Champion Sportswear).

- The Board of Directors of a public body on their duties when faced with funding shortfalls.

Education

Work Highlights

"Chris is an exceptional talent who combines technical ability with commercial application” (Chambers, Restructuring & Insolvency, 2025)

“Chris is one of the brightest up-and-coming solicitors in the Northern Ireland insolvency market. He is keen, responsive and extremely hard-working” (Chambers, Restructuring & Insolvency, 2025)

“Chris Coulter has a talent for thinking outside the box and coming up with good, practical and effective solutions to address difficult situations” (Legal 500, 2025)

“Chris is an excellent safe pair of hands” (Chambers, Professional Negligence, 2025)