Freezing Injunctions and Orders

Whether you are applying for or defending against freezing orders, our extensive and experienced team is on hand to react rapidly and effectively to help you secure the outcome you seek.

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Frank Brumby

With over 25 years’ experience in the restructuring and insolvency arena, my job involves advising a wide variety of clients, from clearing banks to Licensed Insolvency Practitioners, directors, partners and individuals. My clients know that I’ll work with them to find a solution that works for them and their business. My advice covers all aspects of corporate and personal insolvency, bank recovery, property and commercial litigation.

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Obtaining domestic or worldwide freezing injunctions

A freezing order, sometimes known as a Mareva injunction, prevents assets from being transferred, converted or otherwise dealt with. 

They are useful when you are bringing a claim against a person or company but suspect they may attempt to move assets before you can obtain a judgment against them.

A freezing order prevents the defendant from dealing with the assets and gives you priority over their other creditors if they become insolvent.

Our support gives you the experience you need to obtain the freezing order and ensure the assets remain available.

Advising you if you are subject to a freezing order

If someone is trying to get a freezing order against you, or you are subject to a freezing order, we can advise you on how to deal with it.  

A freezing order will usually come ‘out of the blue’ and will typically lead to the freezing of your bank accounts, which will prevent you spending any money. 

We act with the urgency that’s needed. We may be able to apply to get it varied to provide for the release of money to meet your reasonable living expenses and/or legal costs. We may even be able to get it dismissed.

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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.

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

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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.

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

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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.

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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

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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.

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