Tom Paton > Irwin Mitchell > Sheffield, England > Lawyer Profile
Irwin Mitchell Offices
RIVERSIDE EAST
2 MILLSANDS
SHEFFIELD
S3 8DT
England
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Tom Paton
Work Department
Restructuring and Insolvency
Position
Partner
Career
Tom specialises in all areas of corporate recovery and insolvency. He advises insolvency practitioners, banks, companies, individuals and creditors on a variety of insolvency-related matters, at a local, national and cross border level.
He has particular experience in contentious insolvency, acting for insolvency practitioners in claims against third parties brought under the Insolvency Act 1986.
Tom regularly provides internal training to various teams at the firm and also presents seminars on behalf of R3 in the Yorkshire area.
Lawyer Rankings
Yorkshire and the Humber > Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
Irwin Mitchell
‘s ‘excellent’ restructuring and insolvency offering is headed up by Doug Robertson in Leeds and Tom Paton in Sheffield. The Leeds team specialises in acting for banks and other lenders, with particular expertise in LPA/FCR work. In Sheffield, the team assists insolvency practitioners both locally and nationally with corporate restructuring and insolvency assignments. Andrew Walker leads the national practice.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Insurance > Clinical negligence: claimant
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Private client > Family: elsewhere in Yorkshire
- Insurance > Personal injury: claimant
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
Firm Rankings
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Real estate > Commercial property: Sheffield, South Yorkshire
- Public sector > Education
- Private client > Family: Leeds, West Yorkshire, North Yorkshire
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Sheffield, South Yorkshire
- Real estate > Commercial property: Leeds and West Yorkshire; North Yorkshire
- Employment > Employment: Leeds and West Yorkshire; North Yorkshire
- Employment > Employment: Sheffield and South Yorkshire
- Crime, fraud and licensing > General crime and fraud
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Real estate > Property litigation
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property