David Pomeroy > Ashfords LLP > Bristol, England > Lawyer Profile

Counting the manufacturing, renewables, retail and construction industries among its areas of sector expertise, Ashfords LLP has extensive experience advising on contentious and non-contentious corporate and personal insolvency and restructuring matters. While transactional work and insolvency litigation make up core pillars of the practice, the team, which is spread across Bristol and Exeter, also has experience extending to compliance issues regarding director’s duties, property insolvency MVLs, mandates for local authorities, and cross-border work. Team leader David Pomeroy is ‘an excellent lawyer with a commercial approach to matters’. Praised by clients for her ‘knowledge, practical advice and responsiveness’, Melissa George excels in restructuring and advisory work, including turnarounds and corporate transactions. Nicola Brastock and Holly Ransley further strengthen the team.

With a strong presence in the South West and also benefitting from some expertise in London, particularly on the contentious front, Ashfords LLP provides a solid service to stakeholders in relation to corporate and personal insolvency mandates. The ‘commercially astute’ Crispin Jones has strong connections with London-based IPs and excels in handling work relating to insolvent law firms and insolvency fraud cases. David Pomeroy, the Bristol-based team head, provides guidance to directors, lenders and administrators on distressed finances and insolvencies across multiple sectors such as retail, construction and hospitality.