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corporate recovery & insolvency

 


experience

The following is a statement of FSP’s corporate recovery and insolvency experience. The matters are described in general terms to protect confidentiality. The list is not intended to be exhaustive, but illustrative. Our specialist lawyers have an extensive range of experience in advising in this field. Please contact us for further information.
 



Corporate insolvency

Advising receivers of a group of companies in the music industry on a hostile appointment and issues arising out of such receivership.
 

Advising the receivers of a group of companies in the motor sport industry on all aspects from appointment onwards relating to the receivership, including the ultimate sale of the business and assets.
 

Advising the administrators of Non-League Media Plc and its subsidiaries.
 

Acting for a factoring company, using administration to secure repayment of £600,000 debt.
 

Obtaining administration orders and advising administrators generally on all aspects relating to the conduct of such administrations.
 

Advising on various Section 110 reorganisations.
 

Advising administrators/receivers on the validity of their appointment.
 

Advising administrators/receiver/liquidators on the sale of assets from the company in administration/receivership/liquidation.
 

Advising charge holders and Insolvency Practitioners on security.
 

Advice in relation to administration orders under the new regime.
 

Advice on preference and transactions at an undervalue for Insolvency Practitioners and defending these claims.
 

Presentation and opposition of statutory demands.
 

Applications to restrain advertisement of winding-up petitions.
 

Administration orders (under old regime) including extension applications.
 

Acting for liquidators in debt collection.
 

Applications to restore dissolved companies.
 

Prosecution and defence of disqualification orders (DTI orders).
 

General advice to liquidators, receivers and administrators.
 

Refinancing and debt re-scheduling work.
 

Advice on “ringfencing” of assets.
 



Personal insolvency

Advising on personal guarantees.
 

Bankruptcy petitions for creditors including applications for carriage of other creditors’ petitions.
 

Bankruptcy petitions for supervisors of failed individual voluntary arrangements (IVAs).
 

Opposing bankruptcy petitions.
 

Applications to set aside statutory demands.
 

Serving statutory demands and opposing applications to set aside statutory demands
 

Applications for IVAs.
 

Applications to annul bankruptcy orders.
 

Applications to vary income payments orders.
 

Advising trustees generally and in respect of property transactions in particular.