Ian Wood-Smith > Field Seymour Parkes LLP > Reading, England > Lawyer Profile
Field Seymour Parkes LLP Offices
1 LONDON STREET
READING
RG1 4QW
England
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Ian Wood-Smith
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.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Thames Valley, Berks, Oxon, M4/M40
- Real estate > Commercial property: Thames Valley, Berks, Oxon, M4/M40
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Thames Valley, Berks, Oxon, M4/M40
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Employment > Employment: Thames Valley, Berks, Oxon, M4/M40
- Private client > Family: Thames Valley, Berks, Oxon, M4/M40
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property
- Public sector > Public sector