We advise businesses, boards, lenders, investors, insolvency practitioners, and public bodies on complex restructuring, turnaround, and insolvency situations. Combining sector insight with multidisciplinary expertise, we deliver commercially focused solutions that protect value, manage and mitigate risk, supporting successful outcomes in even the most challenging circumstances.
Financial stress can arise quickly and create challenges for businesses, boards, lenders, and investors. Our restructuring and insolvency team provides timely, clear, and commercially focused advice to help clients manage risk, protect value, and achieve the best outcome in complex situations. We work with corporates, directors, lenders, investors, public bodies, and insolvency practitioners across the full restructuring and insolvency spectrum.
Our multidisciplinary approach brings together specialists in corporate, banking, employment, real estate, regulatory, tax, and dispute resolution matters, allowing us to deliver coordinated advice tailored to each client's individual circumstances. Whether the objective is business rescue, investment recovery, strategic restructuring, or formal insolvency, we provide practical solutions focused on achieving commercial objectives. We advise on:
In addition to or as an integral part of our advice, we will provide broader scenario-planning workshops and training for management teams and other relevant stakeholders. We also regularly advise international organisations with interests in England and Wales, including on group reorganisations, distressed acquisitions, and complex cross-border issues.
Insolvency practitioners
We are trusted advisers to insolvency practitioners on appointments ranging from trading administrations and business sales to investigations, litigation, and complex asset recovery exercises. Working closely with officeholders, we help maximise value while managing risk and stakeholder interests.
Lenders and investors
We advise banks, alternative lenders, funds, and investors on distressed situations, restructuring strategies and enforcement options. Our experience includes security reviews, debt restructurings, management and recovery of non-performing loans, distressed acquisitions and recovery strategies across a range of sectors and asset classes.
Advising a US technology company on the acquisition of the business and assets of an AI and synthetic data business from administrators, including complex intellectual property, employment, and cross-border issues
Acting for the administrators of Hestercombe Gardens Limited and Hestercombe Gardens Trust in relation to the restructuring of a nationally significant heritage and charitable organisation, involving complex governance, charity, and insolvency considerations
Advising a leading UK housebuilder on urgent issues arising from the insolvency of a software provider, securing access to critical operational data required across hundreds of construction sites nationwide
Advising the board of directors of Petrofac Limited on their rights and obligations in their ongoing efforts to negotiate a multi jurisdiction, multi creditor restructuring following the rejection by the Court of Appeal of their initial restructuring plan proposal
Providing continuing advice to the board of directors of the Thames Water group on their rights and obligations throughout all stages of a multi stakeholder financial restructuring of that utilities group, including support with contingency planning options
Acting as Investor Advocate in the redress scheme of arrangement proposed by Link Fund Solutions Limited (“LFS”) to compromise that company’s liabilities following the suspension of redemptions from the LF Woodford Equity Income Fund and the taking of enforcement action against LFS by the Financial Conduct Authority
Banking and Debt Finance
We provide responsive, commercially focused and directional advice across domestic and cross-border financing transactions. Our banking and finance lawyers support borrowers, lenders, investors and corporates, helping you navigate complex loan structures and secure terms that align with your strategic objectives.
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Tax
Our expertise in commercial tax covers all aspects of UK tax, including corporation tax, income tax, NIC, and more. We specialise in managing tax impacts on commercial transactions, guiding you towards tax-efficient choices. Our vast experience ensures tailored solutions for diverse entities in the intricate UK tax landscape.
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Financial Services Regulation
We help financial services businesses navigate complex and fast-changing regulatory requirements, including prudential and conduct of business issues affecting both retail and wholesale firms. Our experts work with banks, asset managers, investment firms, insurers, brokers, non-bank lenders and payment services firms to manage risk and achieve compliance.
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Servicios financieros
Asesoramos regularmente a diseñadores y fabricantes de productos, organismos comerciales y minoristas, distribuidores e inversores de capital riesgo que desean invertir en el sector de los servicios financieros.
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Banks
We act for all different types and sizes of banks, from challenger banks, to the largest global investment banks. Our clients include a plethora of banks comprising investment, challenger, retail, commercial, investment, foreign banks, private banks, building societies, neobanks, and novel alternative capital providers.
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Employment
Our Employment and Pensions group is one of the largest specialist employment teams in the country, with over 60 specialist employment and pensions lawyers nationally. Tax is an integrated part of the advice we provide.
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Intellectual Property
Our specialist team offer practical and strategic advice on how to manage your visual identity and reputation, as well as safeguarding and commercialising your intellectual property assets. Helping you find the right balance between publicity and protection.
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"[Kevin Hawthorn] often acts as a trusted adviser in relation to any insolvency matters and provides a five-star service. I find him to be highly accessible and to give robust, comprehensive and commercial advice."
Quiénes somos
Somos un bufete comercial de amplia base que presta servicios a una gran variedad de sectores, con una sólida herencia en seguros,
salud e inmobiliario. Combinamos excelentes conocimientos jurídicos y experiencia de vanguardia para diseñar soluciones en
que se adapten a las necesidades de nuestros clientes, a menudo con un uso inteligente de la tecnología.
Seguros
DAC Beachcroft es reconocido como un asesor preeminente en el mercado de seguros, y ponemos un fuerte énfasis en las relaciones a largo plazo que construimos con usted para que realmente podamos agregar valor a su negocio.
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Sanidad y asistencia social
DAC Beachcroft está considerado líder del mercado en la prestación de asesoramiento jurídico corporativo, comercial y normativo a proveedores de servicios sanitarios.
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Inmobiliario
Con 170 abogados, somos uno de los mayores equipos jurídicos inmobiliarios del Reino Unido. Nuestra amplia red nos proporciona conocimientos y acceso a nivel nacional, regional y local.
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Asesoramos regularmente a diseñadores y fabricantes de productos, organismos comerciales y minoristas, distribuidores e inversores de capital riesgo que desean invertir en el sector de los servicios financieros.
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Tecnología
Como asesores de confianza desde hace muchos años en el sector tecnológico, ofrecemos soluciones pragmáticas e innovadoras que le permiten tomar decisiones informadas sobre la mejor manera de maximizar su éxito.
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Especialidades industriales
Combinamos nuestro profundo conocimiento del sector con una astuta conciencia comercial y un alcance mundial.
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