Insolvency & Corporate Recovery

• Steven HefferT +44 (0)20 7468 7211steven.heffer@collyerbristow.com
• Gavin KramerT +44 (0)20 7468 7256gavin.kramer@collyerbristow.com
• Jeff RobertsT +44 (0)20 7470 4441jeff.roberts@collyerbristow.com

• Financing Litigation
• Insolvent Tenant - Remedies available to a Landlord
• Directors Duties

• 24 May 2010 - A New Dawn For Third Party Rights Against Insurers
• 24 May 2010 - Rent As An Administration Expense
• 24 May 2010 - The Insolvency (Amendment) Rules 2010

How to deal with Insolvency & Corporate Recovery

At Collyer Bristow we are only too aware of the far-reaching effects for management, employees, customers, suppliers, financial institutions, shareholders and directors if a business fails. Our corporate recovery and insolvency team is well-placed to provide practical advice to companies and individuals on the best way forward in these situations, be it a corporate rescue or restructure, sale of part of a business as a going concern or protection of individuals. We advise on administration, bankruptcy, protecting the family home, business restructions, directors disqualification, liquidations, corporate recovery, debt management, voluntary arrangements, pre-pack sales and debt recovery.

Here are some of the most common questions that clients ask us when facing these difficulties - click on them for more information on each issue.

Corporate concerns

• How to safeguard your business
• My company is insolvent. Is there any alternative to putting it into liquidation?
• If my company is put into liquidation can I ever be personally liable for its debts?
• I'm a company director and have just received a letter informing me that the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry intends to apply to court for an order disqualifying me from being a director. What does this mean and what should I do?
• I am a disqualified director but would like to play a part in the running of a limited company. Is there anything that I can do?
• I am owed money and I want to recover it as quickly as possible and I want the debtor to pay my costs
• If my company goes into administration, can i buy back the business from the administrators?

• Individual concerns
• I have just been made bankrupt. What happens next?
• I am an individual and have just been served with a Statutory Demand. What is it and what should I do?
• My spouse or partner has been made bankrupt - is our home at risk?
• What is an individual voluntary arrangement ("IVA")?

We act for financial institutions, insolvency practitioners and turnaround experts, companies and individuals. With our wide range of disciplines throughout the practice, we are well-placed in the market to understand and provide assistance in most sectors including property, aviation, sport, music, media, entertainment, banking and financial services.

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