Oliver Jackson > Freeths LLP > Sheffield, England > Lawyer Profile

Freeths LLP
FIFTH FLOOR, 3 ST PAUL'S PLACE
129 NORFOLK STREET
SHEFFIELD
S1 2JE
England

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)

Oliver Jackson  – Freeths LLP

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.