Led by the ‘very commercial’ Roger Elford, Charles Russell Speechlys LLP has gained a strong reputation among IPs in relation to highly contentious insolvency matters. The ’very clever’ Jamie Tilling is also key to much of this work, particularly where there are allegations of fraud and on cross-border mandates when asset tracing is required. The vastly experienced Alison Goldthorp is skilled at advising directors’ boards on restructuring and related advice on their fiduciary duties, while Hanh Nguyen is adept at advising on distressed M&A mandates.
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Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
- ‘The team are very imaginative and have a good relationship with the IPs they work with.’
'They have a deep bench strength and are easy to work with.’
- ‘Roger Elford gives clear, sensible advice and is very commercial.'
‘Roger Elford - drops in when needed, dispenses very calm wisdom and steps back again.
- 'Jamie Tilling is very clever, good at applying aggression, and has the fastest turnaround of work I have ever come across in London.’
‘Jamie Tilling - punches above his weight and has good tactics.’
Key clients
- Phil Reynolds and Ian Corfield of FRP as joint administrators of 7 Uk companies in the Bron Group: Bron Releasing Limited, Kid Unknown Limited, Neon Club Limited, CMA Series Limited, Bron Studios Limited, CMA Productions Limited and Shadowplay Limited
- Global Ardour Recycling Limited
- Kevin Choksi
- Philip Stephenson and Oliver Haunch (as Joint Administrators of Douglas & Gordon Limited (in Administration)) both of Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Luxury Knightsbridge Hotel
- Geoffrey Rowley and Paul Allen of FRP Advisory Trading Limited in their capacities as joint liquidators of Greensill Limited (in liquidation)
- Jack Plunkett, James Dowers, and Craig Mitchell of RSM (in their capacity as Joint Liquidators of Global Steel Holdings Limited – in Liquidation)
- Bruce Mackay and Matthew Haw of RSM Restructuring Advisory LLP acting as Joint Liquidators of LB GP No.1 Ltd
- Central Bank of Bahrain – Awal Bank B.S.C (in Liquidation)
- Mark Blackman of Kroll Advisory Ltd acting as trustee in bankruptcy of Phillip Andrew Nunn
- Nicholas Wood and Hannah Davie of Grant Thornton UK LLP, in their capacity as the joint trustees in bankruptcy of Kamal Siddiqi (the Joint Trustees)
- FTX Cryptocurrency Exchange Insolvency
Practice head
Roger Elford
Other key lawyers
Alison Goldthorp; James Hyne; Hanh Nguyen; Bethan Cunniffe; Jamie Tilling; Joseph Evans; Hannah Edwards; Jamie Rhodes; Sara Pridgeon; Georgina Bernard