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JMW Solicitors LLP Offices

JMW Solicitors LLP
1 BYROM PLACE
SPINNINGFIELDS
MANCHESTER
M3 3HG
England
Visit website 0345 402 0001 0161 828 1827

James Williams

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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

The ‘experienced and diligent’ team at JMW Solicitors LLP has Gavin Jones at its helm, who is marked as having ‘a depth of experience unrivalled by many in Manchester’. It has broad focus on acting on matters in the accountancy and real estate sectors; ‘tenacious advisor’ James Williams has capabilities acting for lenders and practitioners on matters in the property sector in particular. The team has further strengthened its contentious capabilities with the joining of Simon Gerrard, experienced insolvency litigation partner and former team lead at Prosperity Law LLP, in May 2023.

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