Hill Dickinson LLP handles corporate restructuring and advisory work, including insolvency practitioner support, lender advice, distressed real estate, contentious restructurings, and board-level guidance across sectors such as healthcare, shipping, and commodities. Team head Lemi McAuley specialises in contentious and non-contentious aspects of restructuring and corporate insolvency, with particular expertise in board advisory work and transactional matters. Elizabeth Wood is well-versed within contentious aspects of turnaround, restructuring, and corporate insolvency.
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Testimonials
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‘Great insolvency knowledge and resources to support in any situation.'
‘Solid senior team, well-known and competent.'
‘The team is very strong and reliable for providing accessible advice on complex matters. We use them for several of our most challenging cases, and we have always found them to be very responsive, technically superb and easy to deal with. They stand out as being very collaborative, which puts them in a field of their own.’
‘Lemi McAuley is a trusted advisor to me, and he provides timely, technically excellent and user-friendly advice.’
Key clients
- PwC
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Alvarez & Marsal
- Interpath Advisory
- RSM Restructuring Advisory LLP
- Henderson & Jones
Work highlights
Acting for PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP the joint administrators of a Yorkshire based manufacturer to the carpet industry on their appointment and subsequent sale of the business and assets.
Acting for Interpath Advisory, the joint administrators of a publicly listed developer of linear generator technology on their appointment and subsequent sale of UK and US shares.
Advising Customade Group, in respect of the pre-pack acquisition of two divisions of the Group from its administrators, Alvarez & Marsal LLP.
Lawyers
Leading partners
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Leading associates
Leading associates with regular involvement in their team's key work, and recognition from peers or clients as being ones to watch.
Elizabeth Wood
Practice head
Lemi McAuley
Other key lawyers
Elizabeth Wood