'The team always gives a quick, reliable and professional service, putting themselves out to go the extra mile to help,' says a client of Birketts LLP. Working with some of the biggest Insolvency Practitioners regionally and nationally, the firm handles the full range of work including litigation to recover the value of insolvent estates. Practice head Laurence Weeks in Cambridge is a specialist insolvency partner who has the support of Norwich-based corporate partner Greg Allan in non-contentious matters. Legal directors Maria Peyman in Cambridge and Charlotte Wormstone in Ipswich are also highly regarded for litigation and property-led insolvency matters respectively.

Howes Percival LLP is one of only five firms on the UK's Insolvency Service Panel, as part of which it conducts complex public interest winding up matters, often involving large-scale frauds, and directors disqualification matters. It also leads on insolvency work through its appointment to the Crown Commercial Services legal panel. It also receives high-value corporate and personal insolvency litigation instructions from regional and national insolvency practices. In Cambridge, Michael Green has many years of experience in the restructuring and insolvency sphere, while in Norwich, Morris Peacock, William Shirley and senior associate Patrick Manning act for the Insolvency Service.

Mills & Reeve LLP's insolvency team in East Anglia is a core element of the firm's national practice, which handles high-value and complex asset recovery claims both for and against Insolvency Practitioners, and advises stakeholders on issues arising from insolvent counterparties. The firm was recently appointed to the Insolvency Services Panel for disqualification, investigations and public interest winding up mandates. Jamie Wheatley in Cambridge is the lead partner in East Anglia and works closely with the London-based group. Principal associate Lino Di Lorenzo and, in Norwich, associate Catherine Noble deal with contentious matters.

Taylor Vinters acts for Insolvency Practitioners, creditors and debtors in administrations, liquidations, sales of business and assets by way of pre-pack and winding up petitions. In restructurings, the firm also handles refinancing, debt and equity restructuring, debt for equity swaps, voluntary arrangements, workouts and turnarounds. Practice head Adam Bradley, who is a licensed Insolvency Practitioner, works from both the London and Cambridge offices. So, too, does James Slinger, who focuses on the property aspects of insolvency. Senior associate Jessica Boxford is a rising star in contentious matters.

The insolvency and restructuring practice at Greene & Greene in Bury St Edmunds is 'relaxed and pleasant to deal with', according to one client. Litigator Rob Adam leads the practice, which focuses on contentious matters and draws upon the firm's strong commercial, employment, property and tax practices to assist IPs with pre-packs and other insolvency-related transactions. Senior partner Michael Batty, solicitor advocate Simon Ratcliffe and corporate partner Mark Daly are also active in the practice.

Isadore Goldman is a specialist insolvency boutique with offices in East Anglia, London and Portsmouth. Working with leading Insolvency Practitioners, the firm handles high-value contentious matters and advises on critical issues facing insolvent companies including the sale of assets. Adam McCaw and Frank Brumby are the lead practitioners in Norwich. Robert Pyke handles the property aspects of insolvency. Associates Jenna Ansell and Sian Leonard are also recommended.