Tax
United Kingdom
13 October 2025
Taylor Wessing LLP advises creditors, investors, debtors and office holders across a variety of restructuring work and formal insolvency procedures. ‘Outstanding’ team head Nick Moser is very skilled at advising on complex contentious insolvency matters, including those involving allegations of fraud. Leveraging the firm’s overarching tech and life sciences expertise, the ’hardworking’ team is also adept at handling IP-rich restructurings, with Stephen O’Grady developing a niche advising on crypto-related matters. Amy Patterson is also skilled at advising on tech-related mandates, as well as on contentious and non-contentious insolvency matters within the real estate sector.
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Testimonials
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- 'It is expertly led by Nick Moser, who has a wealth of restructuring experience and provides an excellent service to clients. The teams are hard-working, have relevant expertise and are expertly supervised.'
‘Nick Moser is outstanding as the lead partner - he is a joy to work with; has a wealth of experience and expertise.’
Key clients
- White Oak v Marsh
- UKAT Project Apollo
- Ascension Healthcare
- Silverbird
- Eigen Technologies
- Trinity Investments DAC
- Liquidators of Yield App Limited
- Administrators EEW Eco Energy World Limited
Work highlights
Acting for White Oak in heavy duty High Court proceedings against Marsh Limited, the world's largest insurance broker who were involved in the running of a receivables scheme for Greensill Capital, for the recovery of over $140m from Marsh for breach of duty, as well as acting for White Oak as petitioning creditor in winding up proceedings against Liberty Commodities Limited for White Oak's debt of $160m plus interest and costs.
Advised Sullivan Street Partners on its acquisition of the business and assets (including subsidiaries) of UK Addiction Treatment Group Limited (the UKAT Group), which is the leading addiction treatment provider with services across the UK from administrators at Teneo.
Acted for the administrators of the Ascension Healthcare group, a group of biopharma companies focused on the development of treatments for osteoarthritis and haemophilia A which was heavily impacted by the Russian sanctions regime, on a complex pre-pack sale and a challenging paragraph 71 application which led to a detailed judgment on an area significantly lacking in case law.
Practice head
Nick Moser
Other key lawyers
Amy Patterson; Stephen O'Grady