Michael Oatham > Brachers > Maidstone, England > Lawyer Profile

With particular strength in the financial sector, Brachers‘ collections and recoveries team in Maidstone is sought out by clients from a range of industries, including the transport, utilities, and vehicle retail sectors. The firm has a specialist niche offering through its bereavement team, which assists in obtaining final payments from estates. Michael Oatham leads the firm’s wider litigation division, and specialises in complex, high-value commercial, chancery and insolvency cases. Performance head Robert Thompson is well versed in managing his large team of collection agents, while head of operations Graham Wallis has more than 25 years of experience working in regulated and non-regulated sectors of the debt recovery market.

Based in Maidstone, Brachers is well versed in debt recovery and insolvency litigation, acting for multi-national corporations, public sector organisations, private businesses and utility suppliers. The team also represents clients in the healthcare, transport, logistics and motor retail industries. Team leader Michael Oatham is an expert in commercial and chancery disputes, covering commercial contract, shareholder and debt recovery litigation.

In Maidstone, the team of ‘genuine specialists‘ at Brachers assists clients with the realisation of assets for insolvent estates and asset tracing issues. Practice head Michael Oatham has a great deal of experience in dispensing advice on asset recovery and corporate insolvencies, while Graham Wallis has broad knowledge spanning debt recovery work and consumer collections.

Headed by Michael Oatham, the Brachers litigation team brings ‘absolute clarity of thought and decision making‘ to all elements of property claims, with particular expertise in dilapidation claims and right to remain cases. Acting for NHS trusts, local authorities, and public bodies, Allis Beasley deploys her ‘practical nous‘ when handling large-scale development and contractual disputes. James Millis focuses on landlord and tenant claims, as well as professional negligence matters. Stephen Rogers joined as a senior associate from in June 2022.