Ian Wood-Smith > Field Seymour Parkes LLP > Reading, England > Lawyer Profile

Field Seymour Parkes LLP
1 LONDON STREET
READING
RG1 4QW
England
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Work Department

Corporate and insolvency.

Position

Corporate finance advice to buyers, sellers and lenders, particularly owner-managed businesses. Member of corporate recovery group advising insolvency practitioners, lenders and businesses on insolvency and restructuring. Advises on sports law and is non-executive director of Reading Football Club.

Career

Trained Biddle & Co, London; qualified 1984; Biddle & Co 1984-87; partner Field Seymour Parkes 1988 to date.

Memberships

Council of Bradfield College.

Leisure

Football; member of Huntercombe Golf Club playing off five.

Lawyer Rankings

South East > Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery

Field Seymour Parkes LLP‘s Reading-based group advises a diverse client roster on the full spectrum of insolvency issues, including administrations and asset purchases. Ian Wood-Smith heads up the practice with his longstanding experience in acting for funders, insolvency practitioners and directors on restructuring procedures and corporate insolvencies. Jeremy Parkes has a great deal of knowledge on security validity work, while Bill Dixon frequently handles fraud and asset tracing mandates.