The restructuring and insolvency team at Morton Fraser MacRoberts regularly handles the transactional and contentious side of complex, multi-faceted mandates, with notable expertise in property, pensions, and IP and IT issues. The firm acts for a wide client base, and often receives instructions that require national and international expertise. Alan Meek and Nicola Ross co-lead the practice; the former is noted for his expertise working with distressed companies, particularly in the financial services sector, and the latter has ‘great insolvency experience which can be applied across many sectors’. Leon Breakey has established strength in insolvency disputes, recently handling issues of gratuitous alienations, wrongful trading, and misfeasance. Ian Young is praised as an ’industry stalwart of the corporate and insolvency arena’ and has an extensive cross-border practice, while Jennifer Andrew is active on contentious mandates.
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‘Our experience with Morton Fraser MacRoberts has been that they have a wide range of experienced individuals both in Ireland and the UK as well as internationally too. Their knowledge of the specific legal issues at hand is excellent and they have great ability to distil down, what can be extremely complex issues, to the key pertinent points.'
‘We have mainly dealt with one of the partners, Alan Meek. Firstly, Alan is a very personable guy, which really helps in building up a relationship with a key adviser to our business. His knowledge of the financial services industry is excellent. He takes a very practical and more importantly, commercial approach to all issues.'
‘Iain Young is an industry stalwart of the corporate and insolvency arena. Nicola Ross is a lawyer with great insolvency experience which can be applied across many sectors. Alan Meek is extremely good at offering pragmatic solutions to challenging issues with companies in distress.'
‘Iain Young is our go-to practitioner. He's very available, practical and responsive.’
‘Leon Breakey is an easy to deal with individual who is pragmatic in his approach to difficult situations. Alan Meek has a deep insolvency knowledge and very knowledgeable.’
‘Alan Meek is particularly strong in advising boards of distressed companies, and I have found his pragmatic approach in often difficult circumstances to be a real differentiator.’
Key clients
- Trustees of Sandusky Limited Pension Scheme
- Ayma IOT Limited
- FRP Advisory
- Johnston Carmichael
- FRP Advisory
- CodeClan Limited
- Kingston Park House Limited
- SLF Realisation Fund Limited
Lawyers
Next generation partners
Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.
Practice head
Alan Meek; Nicola Ross
Other key lawyers
Leon Breakey; Iain Young; Jennifer Andrew