Tony is an insolvency and corporate recovery specialist. In addition to being a solicitor, he is a Licensed Insolvency Practitioner, authorised by the Insolvency Practitioners Association, and a Solicitor Advocate (civil). He receives instructions from Insolvency Practitioners ranging from Magic Circle firms to sole practitioners. Those instructions may be of a procedural, professional or technical nature, while the sources of his other instructions include banks, creditors (secured or otherwise) and directors.
Tony lectures extensively and has lectured for Central Law Training, R3, and Legal Easel. He particularly enjoys in-house tailor-made seminars for clients. Tony is also involved with the Joint Insolvency Examination Board.
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Expertise
- Administrations (in and out of court)
- Voluntary Arrangements (personal and corporate)
- Administrative, fixed-charge and Law of Property Act receiverships
- Solvent liquidations and s 110 reconstructions
- Insolvent liquidations (CVL and winding up)
- Bankruptcy
- Trust issues
- Pursuing and defending directors
- Dealing with creditor claims (secured and unsecured)
- Restructuring (in and out of a formal insolvency procedure)
- Claims against directors and directors’ disqualification
- Corporate recovery and strategies
Experience
- Advised on appropriate insolvency procedures
- Advised on Voluntary Arrangements and Trust issues
- Pursued directors for breaches of their fiduciary duties under the Insolvency legislation and Companies Act 2006
- Defended trust claims in bankruptcies
- Advised on pre-pack sales in Administration and SIP 16
- Advised on trading on by a multi-sited retail company in administration
- Advised on priority of debts and expenses (including office-holders’ expenses) in insolvency proceedings
- Pursued directors for unlawful redemption of preferential shares
- Advised on “Barclay Applegate” orders
- Advised on COMI and attacking jurisdictional “forum shopping”
- Advised on obtaining overseas bankruptcies
Please note: The experience list above may include examples of work completed prior to joining Keystone Law.
Recognition
Member of the Insolvency Practitioners Association
Fellow of the Association of Business Recovery Professionals
Member of Law Society
Solicitor Advocate
Career
Tony qualified as a solicitor in 1989. Prior to joining Keystone Law in 2017, he worked at the following firms:
- Moon Beever
- Jeffrey Green Russell
- Lester Aldridge
- DMH Stallard