Legal experts specialising in insolvency law
Blake Morgan’s team of insolvency lawyers are recognised as experts nationwide in both personal and corporate insolvency, and advise insolvency practitioners, funders, debtors, creditors, business stakeholders and individuals on the management and recovery of debt and assets.
The technical expertise of our lawyers often speaks for itself, but coupled with that, our dedicated team provides commercially astute advice that is centred on effective solutions for our clients. We work in partnership with our clients, understanding their needs and priorities whilst assisting them in a straightforward way with a can-do attitude.
The lawyers in the team also provide expert advice in relation to fraud, proceeds of crime and criminal confiscation matters, whilst our bankruptcy experts also provide an advice line and a fully funded bespoke service to collect council tax and national non-domestic rates.
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Main Areas Of Practice
Our team of expert insolvency lawyers can assist in the following areas:
For Businesses
Our experts frequently provide advice on boardroom and directors' duties, business contingency and exit planning, distressed or accelerated M&A, group reorganisation and solvent schemes, to overseas businesses on UK insolvency law and procedure and debt and asset recovery advice including retention of title issues.
For Insolvency Practitioners
The team has significant experience in asset, business and property sales including those by auction, as well as undertaking litigation in relation to antecedent transactions and asset recovery options in the UK and abroad, and acting for office holders appointed as receivers under the Proceeds of Crime Act.
For Banks and lenders
We regularly provide security reviews coupled with rectification and enhancement advice where necessary, as well as identifying strategies for recovery options and enforcement, and are able to provide specialised advice about real estate restructuring including the appointment of Fixed Charge/LPA Receivers.
For others
We also advise landlords, tenants and guarantors affected by insolvency, undertake council tax and national non-domestic rates recovery work for local authorities, advise suppliers and other stakeholders including franchisors, defend director disqualification claims and provide advice to individuals based overseas on UK insolvency law and procedure.
Our Clients
The team has an impressive and varied client base that includes clearing banks, challenger banks, national, regional and local accountancy firms, niche insolvency practitioner firms, turnaround professionals, local authorities and city councils, large corporations, SMEs and individuals.
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