Having worked with Insolvency Practitioners, financiers and other stakeholders for over 25 years on many different rescue and restructuring matters our Business Recovery & Turnaround Team are well placed to advise directors on the different issues facing businesses in distress.

By instructing the Business Recovery and Insolvency Team at The Wilkes Partnership Solicitors you will receive personal, practical and partner-led advice that hands you solutions rather than simply rehearsing the problem.

Andrew Garland – smart and creative, able to see cases from a variety of angles. John Cooper – efficient, sensible and creative. David Cleary – very commercially minded and a great manager of the team’s resources. Emma Huchinson – calm and thorough

Client Feedback – The Legal 500 2021

We can help you

  • With corporate and individual insolvency advice
  • By highlighting real restructuring options when trading is tough
  • With legal support for directors under attack after liquidation

Contacts

David Cleary, Insolvency, Business Recovery, Solicitor, Birmingham, Solihull
David Cleary

Partner, Business Recovery

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John Cooper, Business Recovery & Turaround, The Wilkes Partnership, Birmingham Solicitors Birmingham
John Cooper

Partner, Business Recovery

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Andrew Garland
Andrew Garland

Partner, Business Recovery

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Emma Hutchison
Emma Hutchison

Senior Associate, Business Recovery

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What our clients say

  • Andrew Garland, partner. He is a very bright litigator, and totally on top of the evolving law relating to claims against directors arising out of the use of tax avoidance schemes. He is very effective in his working day, making good use of a paralegal so that work is undertaken at the appropriate level. John Cooper, partner. He is a good all-rounder for insolvency, undertaking litigation and transactional work. I have found him responsive to client demands, sensible, commercial and easy to work with. It is a pleasure to pick up the phone to him

    - Client Feedback - The Legal 500 2021

  • David Cleary is the one that you want on your side when you have a difficult case. His breadth of knowledge and wisdom provide solutions and results. He tells it like it is in a user-friendly manner and is realistic over costs. John Cooper is the one that you want with you in court to get the right order. Andrew is the one you want behind the scenes laying the groundwork. They mix and match with each other and the rest of the team to get the right result consistently, time and time again on time. Always cost-effective and effective

    - Client Feedback - The Legal 500 2021

  • Three partners in the insolvency team really stand out as a strong triumvirate in this field – Andrew Garland, David Cleary and John Cooper. They are well respected amongst insolvency practitioners and others for their clear advice and results focused attitude to litigation

    - Client Feedback - The Legal 500 2021

  • Andrew Garland – smart and creative, able to see cases from a variety of angles. John Cooper – efficient, sensible and creative. David Cleary – very commercially minded and a great manager of the team’s resources. Emma Huchinson – calm and thorough

    - Client Feedback - The Legal 500 2021

  • A well-managed team of lawyers with diverse skills

    - Client Feedback - The Legal 500 2021

  • John Cooper is a walking encyclopaedia of insolvency law

    - Client Feedback - The Legal 500 2021

  • Strong and experienced team with exceptional technical skills

    - Client Feedback - The Legal 500 2021

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    Business Continuity Update – COVID-19

    January 2021

     

    To our valued clients and partners,

    As the impact of COVID-19 continues to evolve we wanted to take the time to reassure you of the actions we are taking to protect our clients, colleagues and our wider communities, whilst working to maintain our services to you at this time.

    Our commitment to you

    We are open for business and will continue to provide you with the best service we can in the safest way possible. In line with Government guidance we will be limiting face-to-face contact as much as possible. We are able to facilitate all client appointments by either video or conference call to suit your needs.

    If you have any queries please contact your usual legal advisor to discuss appointment options.

    Our staff are set up and ready to respond to you as usual. We are working hard to mitigate any disruptions, and will continue to provide you with the legal service and advice you need, delivered with the high-level of service you have come to expect from Wilkes.

    If you do experience a slight delay in hearing back from us, please bear with us. We will be in touch.

    If you have a general enquiry please call us on 0121 233 4333 or email us at law@wilkes.co.uk or contact you usual legal advisor.

    Thank you for your patience during these unprecedented times. We look forward to returning to normal, with a handshake, as soon as possible.

    The Wilkes Partnership Solicitors

    Birmingham – 0121 233 4333  Solihull – 0121 733 8000

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