Fraser Ritson > Addleshaw Goddard > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Addleshaw Goddard Offices
MILTON GATE
60 CHISWELL STREET
LONDON
EC1Y 4AG
England
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Fraser Ritson
Work Department
Business Support and Restructuring
Position
Over 20 years’ experience advising insolvency practitioners, clearing banks, financial institutions and other stake holders in relation to all aspects of under-performing or distressed corporates. Regularly advises in connection with turn around and restructuring assignments, both in and outside of formal insolvency processes. Fraser’s recent experience includes advising in the following sectors: haulage and logistics, construction, waste and recycling, hotels and healthcare. Key clients include RBS/NatWest (to whom he was seconded in 2006), Santander and HSBC.
Career
Wilson Pitts (now Begbies Traynor); trained Brooke North; qualified 1998 and worked at the firm until 2000; Addleshaw Goddard 2000 to date; RBS London May 2006-May 2007; Addleshaw Goddard partner 2007.
Memberships
Insolvency Lawyers’ Association
Education
Prince Henry’s Grammar School, Otley; University of Northumbria at Newcastle (LLB (Hons)).
Leisure
Rugby union, gardening, cooking, classic cars, Leeds United.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
Drawing upon the expertise of an ‘exceptional regional offering’ and a ‘solid’ presence in the capital, Addleshaw Goddard
is particularly well-suited to handling domestic mid-market work for a creditor/investor-focused client base that includes banks, bondholders and special situations funds. Team head Fraser Ritson provides a ‘responsive and knowledgeable’ service on much of this creditor work, and is also a popular choice for IPs engaged in the administration of insolvent businesses. Although the firm’s cross-border capabilities were impacted somewhat by the departure of Paul Fleming to Winston & Strawn LLP in January 2023, it is still able to call upon the services of Karl Clowry, who continues to work alongside the firm’s Asia offices on high-quality creditor committee work relating to English law-governed offshore issued bonds.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Asset based lending
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- Public sector > Infrastructure (parliamentary)
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Lower Mid-Market Deals, £100m-£750m
- Corporate and commercial > Partnership
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £250m)
- Transport > Rail
- Industry focus > Retail and consumer
- Real estate > Social housing: finance
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Water
Firm Rankings
- Public sector > Administrative and public law
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Risk advisory > Corporate governance
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- Investment fund formation and management > Fund finance
- Employment > Health and safety
- Public sector > Healthcare
- Industry focus > Hospitality and leisure
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: Project finance and development
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Power (including electricity, nuclear and renewables)
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Private prosecutions
- Insurance > Product liability: defendant
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Finance > Debt capital markets
- Employment > Employee share schemes
- Employment > Employers
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Insurance > Insurance litigation: for policyholders
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Employment > Pensions: dispute resolution
- Real estate > Planning
- Real estate > Property finance
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management
- Finance > Securitisation
- Industry focus > TMT
- Finance > Trade finance
- Finance > Acquisition finance
- Transport > Aviation
- Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Dispute resolution > Competition litigation
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Finance > Derivatives and structured products
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Insurance > Insurance: corporate and regulatory
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Investment fund formation and management > Real estate funds
- Finance > Transport finance and leasing
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- Investment fund formation and management > Private funds