Simon Hobbs > Freeths LLP > Milton Keynes, England > Lawyer Profile

Freeths LLP‘s ‘very confident, competent, professional, and hard-working‘ team assists a diverse client roster consisting of corporations, and charitable and educational institutions. The Milton Keynes-based practice handles a myriad of disputes, including those arising from M&A, energy claims, and shareholder conflicts. Practice head Simon Hobbs is a ‘superb litigator‘ who has expansive knowledge spanning energy, insolvency, and professional negligence disputes, supported by managing associate Tom Holden, who is ‘incredibly hardworking‘, and has extensive expertise in handling the full spectrum of commercial disputes.

Known for its expertise in the drinks and hospitality sector, the team at Freeths LLP dispenses ‘first-class‘ advice to insolvency practitioners, and insolvent pubs and restaurants. Simon Hobbs and Caroline Watson jointly lead the practice from Milton Keynes and Oxford respectively. Hobbs ‘never misses the important details‘ when acting for liquidators and administrators in matters concerning the recovery of assets from suppliers, customers, and directors of insolvent companies; while Watson leads the Oxford practice, maintaining a dispute resolution-focused practice. In Milton Keynes, Adam Boyd has ample expertise in assisting tenant restaurant operators with insolvency related property disputes.