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
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With corporate and individual insolvency advice
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By highlighting real restructuring options when trading is tough
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With legal support for directors under attack after liquidation
Contacts
David Cleary
Partner, Business Recovery
John Cooper
Partner, Business Recovery
Andrew Garland
Partner, Business Recovery
Emma Hutchison
Senior Associate, Business Recovery
What our clients say
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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
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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
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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
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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
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A well-managed team of lawyers with diverse skills
- Client Feedback - The Legal 500 2021
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John Cooper is a walking encyclopaedia of insolvency law
- Client Feedback - The Legal 500 2021
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Strong and experienced team with exceptional technical skills
- Client Feedback - The Legal 500 2021