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Chris Ali

Chris Ali

Partner in Manchester Office Chris been recognised as a Recommended Lawyer by Legal 500 in 2018 and 2019.  He uses his experience to advise predominantly on the transactional aspects of personal and corporate insolvency, recovery and restructuring.  He also runs a specialist real estate advisory practice – assisting the firm’s insolvency clients with their possession, disposal, secured lending and forensic property requirements.  He also performs mainstream landlord and tenant, acquisition and disposal work. Chris holds Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees in Law from the University of Warwick.
Henry Clappison

Henry Clappison

A specialist in contentious insolvency matters, Henry mainly acts for Insolvency Practitioners in bringing claims under the Insolvency Act 1986 and Companies Act 2006. These include transaction at an undervalue claims, preference claims, wrongful trading claims, unlawful dividend claims and misfeasance claims. He provides an expert legal view, but also takes into account your commercial considerations.Henry also advises directors in defending claims bought by Insolvency Practitioners and has expertise in providing directors advice with regards to the re-use of prohibited names. In addition to the above, Henry is familiar with both the bankruptcy and administration procedures and often brings claims on behalf of both trustees and administrators.
Tristan Duncan

Tristan Duncan

Tristan is a trusted advisor in relation to legal and commercial issues.He has expertise in Commercial Litigation, Professional Negligence, Contracts, Partnership Disputes, Shareholder Disputes, SPAs (warranty and indemnity claims), Financial Mis-selling, Intellectual Property, Landlord & Tenants, Global Entities (international disputes), Property (domestic and commercial), Injunctions, Mediation, Debt Recovery and ICC arbitration.He is passionate about Dispute Management, rugby league, history and Japanese supercar slayers.
Matt Fraser

Matt Fraser

Matt has experience of acting for a range of clients in contentious and non-contentious employment matters. Matt provides advice on topics including disciplinary and grievance investigations, long term employee absence, TUPE, redundancy procedures and settlement agreements.He works with clients to draft effective employment contracts and procedures that are suited to the specific needs of the employer organisation. He also regularly provides bespoke training to managers and HR departments on a wide range of employment related topics.
Miles Hacking

Miles Hacking

Miles deals with all aspects of corporate and personal insolvency, acting in respect of a wide variety of contentious and non-contentious issues. He acts for both national and regional insolvency practitioners as well as company directors, debtors and creditors.In terms of personal insolvency, Miles regularly advises and acts in respect of Possession and Sale Applications, Income Payments Orders, Suspension of Discharge from Bankruptcy Applications, Delivery up and Examination Orders, Transaction at Undervalue, Preference and Excessive Pension Contribution Claims, Bankruptcy Petitions and Annulment Applications.Miles’ corporate insolvency experience includes acting in respect of Administrations, Appointment, Business and asset sales/purchases, Post Appointment Advice, Liquidations, Office holder investigations, Delivery up and Examination Orders, Antecedent Transaction Claims, and Winding Up Petitions.
Luke Hopkins

Luke Hopkins

Luke advises clients on a variety of matters, including acquisition and disposal, portfolio management and development. Luke’s clients range from high net worth individuals and SMEs to large corporate organisations and institutional investors. Luke is a specialist in real estate finance and advises both lenders and borrowers on all aspects of investment and development debt finance across all asset classes, including residential, commercial, retail, industrial, healthcare, student accommodation, hotels and care homes. Luke has a strong reputation amongst his clients for transaction management and in particular for responding promptly to any issues that arise and providing pragmatic, commercial, client-focused advice.
Ciara Sweeney

Ciara Sweeney

Ciara is an experienced real estate lawyer working on a wide range of commercial property transactions in the UK. She acts for public and private sector clients including investors, developers and occupiers – with a particular focus on development and regeneration.Ciara also has experience in acquisitions and disposals of land (from pubs and shops to development sites), title investigation, landlord and tenant matters, and all aspects of drafting and negotiating property documentation.
Antonia Williamson

Antonia Williamson

Senior Associate  Antonia deals with the full spectrum of complex and privately funded family law matters. She primarily focuses on divorce and financial remedy cases (including those involving contested nuptial agreements, non-matrimonial property, overseas assets and trust structures). In addition, she regularly advises clients in relation to disputes regarding children (including cases featuring complex issues such as parental alienation, high levels of parental conflict, relocation and substance misuse). Antonia is also experienced in assisting clients with cohabitation disputes, wealth protection and injunctions.