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Nigel Boobier

Nigel Boobier

UK 2026

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About

Provided by Osborne Clarke LLP

Practice Areas

Banking and finance

Restructuring and insolvency

Dispute resolution

Corporate

Business advisory

Career

Nigel is a Partner in Osborne Clarke’s restructuring and insolvency group, with over 20 years’ experience advising clients on all types of restructuring situations.

Nigel works with corporates, directors (particularly on directors’ duties), creditors, lenders, office holders, public authorities and stakeholders in pension situations (corporates, trustees and the Pension Protection Fund). He has an in-depth understanding of the complexities of these matters and is recognised as a “great all-rounder” capable of delivering pragmatic advice for his clients and a “market leader with a very strong practice”.

Nigel has also been involved in many restructurings for a variety of clients across a range of business sectors with an emphasis in recent times on retail, energy and utilities (particularly waste and renewables), leisure and hotels, care homes and real estate (including funds and infrastructure projects).

Recent assignments include acting for the administrators of Agent Provocateur, the purchasers of the Opal Group student accommodation portfolio, the purchasers of Hotelcare Limited through a pre-packed administration, the UK liquidators of Alitalia Airlines and in respect of many real estate restructurings.

Chambers Review

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Chambers Guide to the Legal Profession

Restructuring/Insolvency - South West

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Individual Editorial
Nigel Boobier is head of the restructuring and insolvency department in Bristol and is a leading name in the South West for restructuring and insolvency work. He routinely acts for insolvency practitioners, lenders and distressed businesses on restructuring, the appointment of receivers, asset sales and myriad issues concerned with premises.

Strengths

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  • Nigel is a vastly experienced partner and operator who gets better, rather like an ageing claret, as the years go by. He is one of the best in the profession and you underrate him at your peril.

    Restructuring/InsolvencyChambers Guide to the Legal Profession
  • Very responsive, with a calm and considered approach to all issues, and solution-focused.

    Restructuring/InsolvencyChambers Guide to the Legal Profession
  • He's one of the best restructuring lawyers in Bristol and the South West, so you always get top-quality advice. He is commercial, very responsive and a fantastic person to have on your side.

    Restructuring/InsolvencyChambers Guide to the Legal Profession

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London (Firms)

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