Advising Boards of Directors

When your business faces an uncertain future, we’re here to help. Our years of experience of acting in this arena means we can help you navigate the landscape and put you in the strongest possible position for whatever happens next.

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Support in the twilight zone

If your business faces the prospect of insolvency and has entered the twilight zone, we’re on hand to support you and your board of directors in navigating a way through.

Our support might include:

  • Understanding the legal duties you have to your creditors
  • Formulating a viable strategy, including dealing with disposals, raising further equity or debt, or engaging with stakeholders to buy more time
  • Working with potential appointment takers to guide a path for the best possible prospect of survival
  • Advising on protection against future litigation by an appointment taker
  • Defending your position in the event you face disqualification proceedings.

Throughout, we’ll ensure we mitigate any personal exposure while also maximising the likelihood of a successful outcome for your business.

Commercial acumen with wide-ranging expertise

Our team has a leading reputation for advising boards of directors at businesses in distress.

We act for directors of companies ranging from listed PLCs to SMEs and have particular experience in key sectors including:

  • Construction
  • Education
  • Healthcare
  • Hospitality
  • Leisure.

Our clients recognise our combination of creativity and commercial common sense, as well as our empathy and understanding at a difficult time.

Services from our Restructuring and Insolvency team

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Hear what our clients say about us

Stuart is phenomenally hard-working and highly reliable. He is someone with whom you can have a sensible conversation and who will have a pragmatic approach to things.

Client testimonial Chambers 2026

Sam is excellent at cross-collaboration and working across teams.

Client testimonial Chambers 2026

Paul Grundy is really good at supporting my team around managing risk, making sure we’re taking a commercial mindset through the case. His technical advice is always very strong.

Client testimonial Chambers 2026

Frank has provided a thorough consideration of organisational complexities and related advice.

Client testimonial Chambers 2026

Deanne was exemplary in her engagements with us. She rapidly assimilated our position and prepared the list of requirements, clarifying all steps in the process as well as managing our expectations.

Client testimonial Chambers 2026

Alan is commercially minded and experienced in pre-empting problems. He is strategic with decisions to get us to a better outcome sooner.

Client testimonial Chambers 2026

Frank Brumby is one of the most experienced insolvency lawyers I know. He is capable of dealing with highly complex matters. He has a great team around him.

Client testimonial Legal 500 2026

Deanne Hamilton is a standout senior associate, she works tirelessly for her clients, is incredibly devoted and is certainly on the track to make partner one day.

Client testimonial Legal 500 2026

They provide a one-stop service for all of our requirements. They provide a proactive and timely service and are always open to a quick call to advise and check understanding. We value our partnership highly and they are a preferred firm.

Client testimonial Legal 500 2026

Sam Payne, Alan Meiklejohn, Stuart Taylor – Reliable, quality, commercial advice, in a timely fashion. Work with practitioners to support the process from start to finish, providing ad hoc advice where needed, often at short notice.

Client testimonial Legal 500 2026

Sam Payne and Alan Meiklejohn have combined experience over both corporate and personal restructuring assignments.

Client testimonial Legal 500 2026

Being a commercial lender, with products that may include personal guarantees, it’s important to have legal expertise that covers commercial and consumer recovery options. Fleximize is fortunate enough to have Frank Brumby on their panel, with a wealth of knowledge and experience to structure the correct proceedings for each individual matter.

Frank is amazing to work with, perfect guidance and always on hand to help, couldn’t ask for more.

Client testimonial Fleximize

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