Blake Morgan LLP fields a team which handles both contentious and non-contentious restructurings and insolvencies, adept in ‘working collaboratively to find the right solution’. Clients include administrators, trustees, and banks, which benefit from the firm’s full-service offering, which includes expertise in enforcement matters. Paul Caldicott leads the team, and has a broad practice, extending to asset tracing and tax avoidance matters, in addition to a core strength in corporate restructuring. Sophia Farmer covers both personal and corporate insolvencies, with particular strength in the former.
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‘All the team we have dealt with at Blake Morgan have been great, they are efficient and clearly work together to provide great service.’
‘Sophia Farmer is great, also responds to any queries with a matter of urgency, great asset to Blake Morgan.’
‘Friendly and hard-working team, with particular strengths in local authority matters.’
‘Great at working collaboratively to find the right solution.’
'The firm is large enough to have specialised departments and significant resources.'
'Paul Caldicott is very knowledgeable and offers sensible, wise advice.'
Key clients
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Coventry City Council
- Carter Clark
- McAlister & Co Insolvency Practitioners Ltd
- Begbies Traynor Central LLP
- Evelyn Partners
- Bridgewood Financial Services Limited
- Colchester City Council
Work highlights
Instructed on behalf of the Liquidator of Studio E, the architect that designed and acted as project manager to install the exterior cladding on Grenfell Tower.
Instructed on behalf of a Trustee in Bankruptcy, Evans Insolvency, to advise on realising the bankrupt’s entitlement to inheritance from her late husband’s estate following his death in 1985.
Acting on behalf of a City Council to pursue unpaid Liability Orders that were made following the debtor recovering council tax payments via the bank’s direct debit guarantee agreement, resulting in a significant council tax debt.
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Practice head
Paul Caldicott
Other key lawyers
Sophia Farmer