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Restructuring and insolvency lawyers in London & Thames Valley

Getting the right level of professional advice and support which is both timely and decisive is key for any ownership team when faced with difficult situations – the future of your business depends on it.

Our business recovery team are experienced in providing, clear, practical and detailed support to insolvency practitioners, business owners, including board members and shareholders at difficult and challenging times.

We recognise the urgency and have a proven record in delivering timely and tailor-made support to insolvency practitioners, plus owners and management teams alike. We care about you and your business and we are here to help.

“Significant experience in handling large-scale restructuring and redundancy programmes. Clarkslegal is ‘technically excellent but commercial’”

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  • 10 November 2021
  • Commercial Real Estate

New Code of Practice for Commercial property relationships post pandemic

The Government has published its new, Code of Practice for Commercial Property Relationships following the COVID-19 pandemic, which replaces the previous Code of Practice published in June 2020.

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  • 09 August 2021
  • Restructuring and insolvency

Company Voluntary Arrangements: An Overview

A Company Voluntary Arrangements is one of a number of insolvency procedures designed to address a company’s financial difficulties by entering into a binding contract with its unsecured creditors, i.e. those who do not have the benefit of any security interest in the assets of the company. These are likely to include: customers, suppliers, contractors, landlords etc.

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  • 28 July 2021
  • IP and Commercial

Personal liability of directors in the context of insolvency or company distress

Directors need to be mindful of incurring personal liability where companies are distressed. This article provides an overview of some of the key areas where directors could incur personal liability when navigating their business through difficult times and stresses the importance of taking and following professional advice when faced with financial difficulties.

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  • 15 July 2021
  • Restructuring and insolvency

Retention of Title Clauses and Insolvency – Practical tips

Watch Stuart Mullins, Corporate Partner at Clarkslegal and James Hopkirk, Director of Restructuring at Kreston Reeves as they provide a review of the law in respect of Retention of Title clauses and some practical tips on how to deal with those, from an insolvency practitioner’s perspective.

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  • 07 July 2021
  • Commercial Real Estate

How Covid-19 has impacted commercial lease rent reviews

When the first lockdown hit the UK in March 2020, there was a lot of speculation as to how it would impact the commercial property sector. A key concern for landlords was how rent review provisions would apply.

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  • 08 June 2021
  • Restructuring and insolvency

Using Pre-Pack administration process

Whilst the remaining restrictions are due to end in July, many businesses remain, and are likely to continue to do so, in a difficult trading environment saddled with COVID-19 related debt that will need servicing. It is because of this that many predict that these otherwise strong businesses will seek to explore the ‘Pre-Pack’ Administration process.

“I worked with Stuart on a matter relating to a mutual client which was suffering financial distressHis calm and pragmatic approach aligned well with my own firm’s values, and he provided huge assistance in guiding the directors through a turbulent time.”

James Hopkirk, Restructuring Director – Kreston Reeves LLP

Clarkslegal  maintains ‘an exceptional balance of expertise and personality‘ in advising large national and international business clients on major projects such as restructurings and TUPE transfers, large redundancy programmes and industrial relations/employee engagement projects. 

Legal 500