Rachel Atkinson

Expertise

Rachel is an experienced insolvency and dispute resolution lawyer. Rachel specialises in contentious corporate and personal insolvency matters. Rachel acts for insolvency practitioners but also advises directors, creditors and individuals on insolvency related matters.

Rachel acts in matters including:

• Bankruptcy (acting for Trustees, bankrupts & creditors);
• Administration;
• Litigation and disputes arising from liquidation & bankruptcy;
• Directors’ duties and disqualification;
• Insolvency investigations;
• Fraudulent and wrongful trading;
• Misfeasance;
• Transactions at an undervalue, preferences, extortionate credit transactions, transactions defrauding creditors (antecedent transactions);
• Section 216 applications (phoenix companies and the re-use of insolvent company names);
• Advising directors in the ‘twilight zone’;
• Guarantees and indemnities;
• Statutory demands and winding up petitions;
• Possession and Sale applications;
• Section 366 applications (inquiry into bankrupt’s dealings & property);
• Validation orders.

Rachel also assists clients in a variety of disputed matters, including contractual, shareholder and partnership disputes, property disputes (commercial and residential), Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act disputes, property possession applications, professional negligence, and the recovery of debts.