Gavin Jones

Gavin Advises

Gavin acts for insolvency officeholders, banks , asset-based lenders and other finances houses and lenders in relation to both contentious, non-contentious and transactional matters

He also advises boards, directors and shareholders of companies.

Experience Highlights

• Experienced in both contentious and non-contentious insolvency. Primary focus on corporate insolvencies and restructuring but bankruptcy work also undertaken
• Leading major assignment advising Official Receiver relating to a short period of trading prior to closure in compulsory liquidation of SSI Steelworks in Redcar (45 fee earners involved across the firm).Project management across numerous practice areas.Regular contact with senior management of Insolvency Service/BIS/ HCA and other government departments. Reported case law on s233 Insolvency Act 1986 within two weeks of implementation of new law
• Acting for head office in relation to national firm of IPs/LPA receivers following a block hostile removal of fixed charge receivers
• Acting for administrators of Big 4 firm of accountants in relation to trading administration of carpet textile manufacturer
• Acting for NW based company JV with Taiwanese based conglomerate first to defend threatened winding up proceedings, then negotiating and implementing settlement and demerger of group in Europe and Far East
• Acting for specialist investigative IP on challenge to use of EBT to shelter funds from tax on business sold in 1999.CFA with 75% uplift- successful outcome
• Technical advisory to several IVA management companies in relation to category 1 disbursements
• Advisory work to main expense creditor/supplier in relation to protection of position following placing of IVA factory firm into administration
• Advising leading ABL group in relation to closure of group company following trading losses- MVL strategy
• Acting for recovery team of main clearing bank in urgent out of hours hostile administration over North Wales hotel following health and safety breaches, then acting for appointed IP firm
• Acting for administrators of London firm on a claim against directors on a preference/misfeasance claim
• Lead up to and administration of F1 Company –Marussia GP
• Number of significant administrations in the construction sector
• Retail administrations
• Number of administrations of Aim listed companies/ dealing with NomAds
• Using CVA to create solvent AIM shell company
• Acting on administrations of peer to peer lenders (liaising with FCA, applying for Berkeley Applegate cost approvals)
• Advising boards of state funding training agencies/directors’ duties
• Advising clearing bank in restructuring chain of pharmacies
• Advising UK Boards of subsidiaries of insolvent North American corporate owners

Career History

Previous Law firms

• Dibb Lupton Broomhead (DLA)
• Matthew Arnold & Baldwin
• Halliwells LLP
• DWF
• Hill Dickinson
• JMW

Memberships

• Affiliate Member – ICAEW

Education

• University of Sheffield (B.A.Law)
• Manchester Metropolitan University (Law Society Finals)
• JIEB Insolvency Practitioner examination (BPP)