A partner in the firm, Neil heads up the Corporate Restructuring and Insolvency team. He deals with all aspects of insolvent and distressed businesses, including advising insolvency practitioners, directors and senior management, secured and unsecured creditors, as well as investors looking for opportunities to regenerate businesses.

Neil was admitted as a solicitor in England and Wales in 1991, having originally been admitted as a barrister and solicitor in his native Western Australia in 1987. Neil is the first solicitor in the North East to have passed the Joint Insolvency Examination Board (JIEB) exams. He is a member of the Insolvency Lawyers’ Association and The Association of Business Recovery Professionals (R3). He is a former North East Regional Chair of R3.

Neil is named and recommended as a ‘Leading individual’ in his field in independently researched guides to the UK legal profession, The Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners. Sources highlight Neil’s responsive approach: “He is very active and doesn’t wait for the clients to contact him.”

I gave a presentation to the Newcastle Business & Property Court Forum meeting on 9 March 2020 on “CVAs – Legal essentials”. The slides are available here.

For further information about Company Voluntary Arrangements, whether you are a company considering one or you are a landlord with a tenant in financial difficulties, please contact me on my details above.

Further information on the Newcastle Business and Property Court Forum website, including how to subscribe to its mailing list can be found here.