Our team of skilled corporate restructuring lawyers has a broad range of experience across the full spectrum of corporate advisory related matters, with specific recent experience in the retail sector in connection with company voluntary arrangements. Having acted on more retail CVAs than any other law firm over the past 12-18 months, Shoosmiths is now widely known in the restructuring community as the go-to law firm for retail CVAs and is a leader in its field.
The team has also been consistently working on high profile, highly complex corporate restructurings and high value disposals of businesses on behalf of insolvency practitioners, as well as purchases from insolvency practitioners. The team is a force to be reckoned with, winning roles as advisers in connection with a number of large, well known retail businesses going through this process.
Through these assignments, the team has consistently demonstrated its wide range of range of restructuring and advisory skills, displaying tenacity on behalf of its clients in implementing innovative solutions to complicated problems. The team employs creative thinking and innovative methods to unlock solutions to critical issues which may need to be overcome in order to achieve a consensual restructuring of the company in question.
Understanding the importance of fast response times
We recognise that in financially distressed scenarios our clients need urgent practical advice, which is why we pride ourselves on our fast response times. We offer constructive, commercial and clear advice in a straightforward manner to provide solutions tailored to our clients’ objectives.
As well as specialising in non-contentious issues, we can also advise in relation to litigious matters, acting for insolvency practitioners and creditors in recovering funds through the use of corporate and insolvency legislation.
Capitalising on the team’s outstanding reputation as a leader in the field of retail CVAs, by winning roles as advisers to a number of large, well-known retail businesses going through this process. This successful year culminated with the team being shortlisted for National Corporate Restructuring team of the year at the TRI (Turnaround Restructuring and Insolvency) Awards in London, with James Keates winning Corporate Restructuring Lawyer of the Year at the same awards. James worked on many of the UK’s largest insolvencies of 2019 and helped rescue 5000 jobs at Monsoon Accessorize earning him a place in THE LAWYER HOT 100 list for 2020.
The team has strong links with a number of distressed private equity investment houses and has continued to build on its relationships with major high street lenders, as well as asset-based lenders. These relationships have enabled the team to secure a number of instructions across the full range of restructuring services and corporate insolvency matters.
Our recent experience
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