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Ashley Jaques

Work Department
Business Restructuring
Position
Ashley joined Tyr as a Partner in September 2021 to establish the Business Restructuring team. Ashley specialises in director advisory, transactional and property finance matters acting for both bridging lenders and borrowers.
Ashley’s recent experience has involved advising several lenders securitising new facilities to borrowers; advising directors of various companies in financial difficulty in connection with directors’ duties; advising a lender on their enforcement options against directors suspected of distributing funds outside of the security provided; advising a lender on the appointment of receivers over a significant portfolio of commercial properties; and advising directors of their rights following the failure of customers to pay for services provided.
Ashley acts for insolvency practitioners, financial institutions, companies, directors, property agents and turnaround professionals from across the country on all aspects of corporate recovery and restructuring work.
Career
Ashley joined Tyr in September 2021. Ashley trained and qualified at Hammonds before spending 16 years at Cobbetts LLP and DWF LLP.
Memberships
Ashley is a member of R3.
Education
Newcastle Upon Tyne University (LLB), College of Law, York (LPC)
Lawyer Rankings
Yorkshire and the Humber > Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
Tyr has key strength in property-based insolvencies and receiverships. The group handles both contentious and non-contentious mandates, and is led by restructuring specialist Ashley Jaques and Alistair McHenry, who is particularly adept in contentious matters.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Leeds and West Yorkshire; North Yorkshire
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Real estate > Commercial property: Leeds and West Yorkshire; North Yorkshire
- Real estate > Environment
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Leeds, West Yorkshire, North Yorkshire
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Crime, fraud and licensing > General crime and fraud