Tim Symes

Tim is an expert in insolvency and asset recovery disputes, helping insolvency office-holders and stake-holders to investigate, fund and launch estate claims leading to asset recoveries.

Tim has spent over two decades running contentious insolvency litigation and asset recovery cases, encompassing director misfeasance, fraud, antecedent transactions, and claims against third parties.

On qualifying in 2002, Tim joined BDB Pitmans. Tim went on to found the Restructuring and Insolvency Group at DMH Stallard to establish the firm as a leading insolvency practice. Tim joined Stewarts in September 2020.

R3

INSOL International

City of London Law Society Insolvency Committee

Tim has frequently been quoted in national media publications, including The Times, The Daily Telegraph, and The Guardian. as well as appearing on Sky News. Tim has published many articles, which include the following:

Liability of directors for ESG breaches

Fraud and recessions are natural bedfellows

Claims in a post-pandemic litigation landscape

Tim and his partner have two beautiful daughters and a dog called Fred. Tim holds a private pilot’s license and likes to get up in the air when he can; he is also a pretty good windsurfer.