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Thrings LLP

THE PARAGON, COUNTERSLIP, BRISTOL, BS1 6BX, ENGLAND
Tel:
Work 0117 930 9500
Fax:
Fax 0117 929 3369
DX:
7895 BRISTOL
Web:
www.thrings.com
Email:
Swindon, London, Bristol, Bath

Mark Cullingford

Tel:
Work +44 117 930 9566
Email:
Thrings LLP

Work Department

Business recovery, restructuring and insolvency.

Position

Partner and head of the business recovery, restructuring and insolvency team covering the firm’s offices in Bristol, London, Bath and Swindon. Over 15 years’ experience in advising on business recovery, restructuring and technical insolvency issues, insolvency disputes and internal corporate and partnership disputes, including fraud and asset recovery. His recent practice has been dominated by a number of instructions on duties of directors of near-insolvent or insolvent companies. These include pre-insolvency advice and/or claims against directors, including the defence of a multimillion-pound claim against directors for breach of duty and wrongful trading. Other instructions of particular interest have included advising on the re-organisation of substantial professional services business and a subsidiary of a LSE listed plc. He acts for businesses, their management, associated parties, lenders, creditors and insolvency practitioners throughout the country.

Career

Trained Warren & Allen, Nottingham; qualified 1995; commercial litigation, Warren & Allen; joined Thrings (subsequently Thrings), Swindon 1999; partner Thrings 2001.

Member

Law Society; Insolvency Lawyers Association; R3.

Education

Nottingham Trent University; College of Law Chester.

Leisure

Travel, sport, dining – so far as two young sons permit.

Practice Areas

Corporate and commercial; Insolvency and corporate recovery; Litigation - commercial

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