Insolvency & Restructuring

Our Insolvency & Restructuring team is ideally positioned to advise on all aspects of insolvency, restructuring and corporate recoveries.

With two qualified insolvency practitioners and a team comprising lawyers who have previously worked for insolvency firms and/or as secondees to high-street lenders, the Insolvency and Restructuring team has the experience you need to achieve your objectives.

Our team acts for lenders, insolvency practitioners, creditors, directors and other stakeholders in circumstances where a company or individual is insolvent, experiencing financial difficulties or is the victim of a business critical event such as fraud.

All of those affected have one thing in common – they want quick, proactive and commercial advice.  Given our extensive experience and breadth of practice, this is exactly what we do – working together to save businesses, save jobs and maximise recoveries for the benefit of stakeholders.

The team’s core practice includes non-contentious insolvency and restructuring advice; fraud, contentious insolvency and investigations; recoveries for lenders and advice in relation to LPA receiverships; and business litigation.

The team is also supported by experts in the fields of corporate, real estate, finance, employment, pensions and intellectual property – all of whom have experience of insolvency situations and managing financial difficulties.

We advise on:

  • Administrations
  • Liquidations
  • Bankruptcies
  • Members’ voluntary liquidations (solvent)
  • Individual voluntary arrangements
  • LPA and Fixed Charge receiverships
  • Provisional liquidations
  • Restructuring
  • Fraud and investigations
  • Distressed asset acquisition
  • Business Litigation
  • Restructuring Plans
  • Company Voluntary Arrangements (CVAs)
  • Schemes of arrangement

News

Wedlake Bell has an experienced team of insolvency lawyers who cover the full range of work. They are technical, commercial and do excellent work.

Chambers UK, 2025

The team is second to none in the area of insolvency litigation, with a huge amount of experience, particularly acting for office holders in complex fraud cases. Their results speak for themselves, with substantial recoveries for office holders.

Legal 500, 2025

Each team member contributes to the success of the team and they complement each other to achieve excellent results.

Legal 500, 2025

Helpful and collaborative team, always providing timely advice and following up on matters when required.

Legal 500, 2025

[The firm] draws on its stand-out insolvency practice to attract really interesting civil fraud work, often with an insolvency angle.

Legal 500, 2022