Andrew Garland > The Wilkes Partnership > Birmingham, England > Lawyer Profile
The Wilkes Partnership Offices
41 CHURCH STREET
BIRMINGHAM
B3 2RT
England
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Andrew Garland
Work Department
Business Recovery & Turnaround
Position
Partner
Career
Andrew Garland is a Partner in the Business Recovery & Turnaround Team at Wilkes. Andrew is well recognised and respected for defending directors who are subject to disqualification proceedings.
Upon qualification he worked extensively with Abbas Mithani, the author of the leading textbook in this area. He subsequently advised the Secretary of state and now acts for directors with a particular emphasis on finding the most efficient and cost-effective solution in respect of directors disqualification issues facing them.
Andrew regularly acts for office holders and directors in relation to the pursuit and defence of significant antecedent transactions and misfeasance claims with a recent emphasis on high-value tax avoidance cases, several of which have included numerous seven figure claims over the last 12 months.
By way of example one case involved claims in respect of transactions covering an EFRBS ( Employer-Financed Retirement Benefits Scheme), Film Scheme, E-Securities Scheme, Gold bullion scheme, spread bet, call option, unlawful dividends, and disposal of assets against directors with a total claim value of in excess of £6m.
Lawyer Rankings
West Midlands > Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
The Wilkes Partnership’s ‘skilled’ team covers contentious and non-contentious work for clients that include insolvency practitioners and directors. Practice head David Cleary has a broad practice acting for stakeholders such as directors, creditors and buyers, while Andrew Garland, a ‘highly competent professional’, often handles issues arising from the pursuit and defence of significant antecedent transactions and misfeasance claims, alongside a recent focus on tax avoidance cases.
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Firm Rankings
- Private client > Family: Birmingham
- Employment > Immigration
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Birmingham
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- Insurance > Clinical negligence: claimant
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Birmingham
- Real estate > Commercial property: Birmingham
- Employment > Employment
- Insurance > Personal injury: claimant
- Real estate > Planning
- Real estate > Property litigation