With offices spread across Birmingham, Leicester, Lincoln, and Milton Keynes, Shakespeare Martineau LLP handles contentious and transactional insolvency matters. In Birmingham, Andrew Taylor co-leads the practice with Leicester-based Sean Moran. Moran often advises directors, stakeholders, as well as stressed and distressed businesses on accelerated M&A and insolvency appointments, he is also praised as ‘approachable, pragmatic, and down to earth.’ Working out of Nottingham, Tim Speed is well-regarded in the energy sector and is informed in contractual, commercial and insolvency disputes. In Leicester, Tom Riley is proficient in advising lenders on restructuring.
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Testimonials
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‘Sean Moran is approachable, pragmatic, and down to earth.'
Key clients
- Interpath Advisory
- FRP Advisory Trading
- BDO
- Mazars
- RSM Restructuring UK
- Kroll Advisory Ltd
- FTS
- PKF Smith Cooper
- Leonard Curtis
- Begbies Traynor
Work highlights
- Acted for Begbies Traynor in securing their appointment as administrators of Ambivent Limited.
- Acted for FRP Advisory Trading Ltd in connection with their appointment as administrators of full-service marketing agency, Low& Behold Marketing Limited.
- Acted for the purchasers of the automotive castings component manufacturer Grainger and Worrall Engineering, in a pre-packaged sale by the administrators appointed to the seller.
Lawyers
Practice head
Andrew Taylor; Sean Moran
Other key lawyers
Tim Speed; Tom Riley