Led by the 'hugely experienced and well-regarded' Frances Coulson, the 'highly commercial, efficient and experienced' team at Wedlake Bell LLP is a very safe pair of hands for IPs, corporates and directors navigating restructuring and insolvency work in the mid-market. The team is particularly effective at handling fraud-related matters within a contentious insolvency setting, an area in which 'fierce and unrelenting litigator' Coulson excels.
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Testimonials
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- ‘The team is highly commercial, efficient and experienced.’
‘Frances Coulson is a national treasure within the world of insolvency.’
‘Frances Coulson – superstar of the insolvency industry, there is nothing and no one she does not know!'
‘Frances Coulson is hugely experienced and well-regarded. She is a fierce and unrelenting litigator.'
'James Latham is committed to his clients and very commercial.’
Key clients
- Trustees of the Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) Pension and Assurance Scheme
- Brick B Ltd
- Grant Thornton
- Begbies Traynor
- Azets
- Mazars
- Menzies
- RSM
- Interpath
- Macintyre Hudson
Work highlights
- Advised the trustees of the Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) Pension and Assurance Scheme on the strategy in order to protect the pension trustees' position and ensure safeguarding of members' benefits without triggering a PPF assessment period in the UK, following the guarantor companies entering Chapter 11 proceedings in the US.
- Advised MS by Joann Sfar UK Ltd on the acquisition of the business of Filmwave Ltd, a UK-based TV and feature film production company. This transaction changed as the target was financially distressed and went into administration and the firm advised the buyer on the acquisition of the business and assets of Filmwave Ltd (in administration).
- Advised Brick B Ltd following its acquisition of the business and assets of Brick Brewery Ltd, a well-known craft beer micro-brewery, from administrators.
Lawyers
Practice head
Frances Coulson
Other key lawyers
Ed Starling; Robert Paterson; Sam Fenwick; James Latham; Edward Saunders