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JMW Solicitors LLP
1 BYROM PLACE
SPINNINGFIELDS
MANCHESTER
M3 3HG
England
1 BYROM PLACE
SPINNINGFIELDS
MANCHESTER
M3 3HG
England
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James Williams

0161 509 0947 james.williams@jmw.co.uk
Work Department
Restructuring & Insolvency
Position
Partner
James has extensive experience in:
- contentious and non-contentious corporate recovery and insolvency;
- all types of distressed business and asset sales and purchases;
- disposal of real property on behalf of office holders, particularly involving complex title issues;
- board advisory and transactional matters, including advice on restructuring, turnaround and director’s duties;
- pursuing and defending officeholder claims against directors;
- distressed lending and refinancing; and
- personal insolvency matters.
Career
Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP: 2010 – 2020
JMW Solicitors LLP: 2020 – Present
Education
Durham University
College of Law (York)
Lawyer Rankings
North West > Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
JMW Solicitors LLP‘s team has been shifting its focus, supplementing its well-regarded personal insolvency practice with new clients in the mid-to-upmarket accountancy segment. The team offers a blend of contentious and non-contentious services and has been working alongside its real estate practice to generate high-value property receiverships. Gavin Jones leads the group in Manchester and has experience in high-profile litigations. James Williams offers additional banking expertise. Richard Wolff left for Pannone Corporate LLP in May 2021.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Crime: general crime and fraud
- Private client > Family
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media and entertainment
- Insurance > Personal injury and clinical negligence: claimant
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Manchester
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Employment > Employment
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Real estate > Commercial property: Manchester
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Manchester
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- Real estate > Construction