Rachel Atkinson

Expertise

Rachel is an experienced insolvency lawyer, specialising 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.

In addition, Rachel is experienced in dispute resolution and assists clients in matters relating to contractual disputes, shareholder and partnership disputes, property disputes between unmarried owners (“TOLATA” claims) and in the recovery of debts.