Oliver Jackson > Freeths LLP > Sheffield, England > Lawyer Profile
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FIFTH FLOOR, 3 ST PAUL'S PLACE
129 NORFOLK STREET
SHEFFIELD
S1 2JE
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Oliver Jackson
Work Department
Insolvency and Restructuring
Position
Oliver Jackson heads up a five-strong Insolvency and Restructuring team in Sheffield. Oliver has over 15 years of experience advising on a broad range of Insolvency and Restructuring matters. Oliver’s clients include insolvency practitioners, creditors, company directors and individuals from a variety of sectors.
Oliver’s recent work includes advising on a number of pre-pack administrations, corporate restructurings, liquidations and the sale of company assets by insolvency practitioners. Oliver advises on a wide range of contentious and non-contentious insolvency matters including antecedent transaction claims by insolvency practitioners, ROT and set-off matters, director’s duties and landlord and tenant insolvency issues.
Career
Trained at Hammonds (now Squire Sanders), 2003-2005 (qualifying in 2005);
Insolvency and Restructuring solicitor at Squire Sanders, 2005-2008;
Senior Associate (and previously Associate) in the Business and Restructuring and Insolvency Team at Hogan Lovells, 2008-2012;
Senior Associate, Head of Insolvency and Restructuring in the North at Nabarro LLP, 2012-2016; and
Partner and Head of Insolvency and Restructuring in Sheffield at Freeths LLP, 2016-Present.
Languages
Spanish
Education
The University of Sheffield, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Law and Criminology, 1998-2001
The University of Sheffield, Legal Practice Course, Law, 2002-2003
Lawyer Rankings
Yorkshire and the Humber > Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
(Leading individuals)The restructuring and insolvency team at Freeths LLP is led by Oliver Jackson in Sheffield, and Helen Bates in Leeds. The team specialises in complex corporate insolvency and restructuring for clients in industries from retail to construction, as well as the banking and financial services sectors. Managing associate Isobel Callaghan has experience leading on high-value work in this space, both contentious and non-contentious.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading individuals Yorkshire and the Humber > Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- Insolvency and corporate recovery Yorkshire and the Humber > Finance
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Leeds and West Yorkshire; North Yorkshire
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Sheffield, South Yorkshire
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Sheffield, South Yorkshire
- Employment > Employment: Sheffield and South Yorkshire
- Real estate > Environment
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- Real estate > Commercial property: Leeds and West Yorkshire; North Yorkshire
- Real estate > Construction
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Private client > Family: Leeds, West Yorkshire, North Yorkshire
- Public sector > Local government
- Employment > Pensions
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Leeds, West Yorkshire, North Yorkshire