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Lee Ranford

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Work Department

Insolvency and commercial litigation

Position

Lee is a partner and the head of the insolvency team. He is dual qualified as a solicitor and a licensed insolvency practitioner, authorised by the Insolvency Practitioners Association.

His role as a solicitor and insolvency practitioner means that he can offer a broad spectrum of insolvency advice to those involved in the insolvency process.

Lee’s insolvency work covers all aspects of personal and corporate insolvency from bankruptcy through to administrations and liquidations. He acts for a wide range of clients, such as  insolvency practitioners, companies, directors, creditors and debtors on restructuring and recovery options.

Lee  is an expert in dealing with  complex  misfeasance claims, as well as many other types of insolvency related disputes.

Lee advises companies and directors where financial difficulties have arisen and advice is needed to avoid breaching the relevant duties owed by those directors.

Lee also deals with advice regarding business and asset sales by insolvency office holders, including pre-pack transactions. That work often involves acting for office holders in dealing with their appointment as administrator or liquidator.

Career

Trained Stephen Rimmer & Co; qualified 1992; Evill & Coleman 1995; partner 1996; later merged with Russell-Cooke; qualified as an insolvency practitioner 2010. Authorised by the IPA to act as an insolvency practitioner.

Memberships

• Licensed insolvency practitioner
• Author of Insolvency chapter of the book The Law of Legal Services.
• Author of the “Financial Difficulties and Winding Up” chapter of the Russell-Cooke Voluntary Sector Handbook.
• Full member and Fellow of R3 (The Association of Business Recovery Professionals)
• Licensed by the IPA to act as an insolvency practitioner
• Member of the London Solicitors Litigation Association

Education

Caterham School.