BTO Solicitors LLP - Insolvency and Corporate Recovery
Deals
- Advised Asertis Limited in the pursuit of two complex, high value and high profile gratuitous alienation claims arising from the administration of HGEC Capital Limited.
- Advised ADM Agriculture in relation to complex and time sensitive applications in an administration to secure the release of over 3,000 tones of oils seed rape.
- Advising high net worth individuals in relation to multifaceted attempts to seize control of a trading company, including the interaction of multiple different strands of proceedings, including defamation, s994 proceedings, liquidation and administration proceedings.
Team Services
BTO’s insolvency and restructuring team has expertise across the full spectrum of the insolvency market, including in relation to corporate advisory work on restructuring (generally and in relation to specific projects or deals), corporate and personal insolvency advice (working with financial institutions, large and SME corporates and high-net worth-private individuals), providing high quality technical advice in relation to complex appointments and to insolvency practitioners during their appointment, and in relation to directors’ claims, including directors’ disqualification proceedings.
The team takes a flexible and innovate approach to pricing and has developed flexible and innovative funding arrangements to allow claims to be pursued which may otherwise not be viable.
Team head Angus Wood has particular experience in in the inter-related fields of property and insolvency disputes, often providing advice to landlords in relation to insolvency recoveries and navigating the challenges presented by CVAs. His corporate law Partner, Alastair Dunn, has particular experience in corporate restructuring and advising directors and companies in relation to complex boardroom disputes, involving challenges to the existence of companies as a going concern.
