Exchange Chambers is a ‘go-to set of chambers’ for company and insolvency work ‘with a stellar reputation in Manchester and the North West’. Giles Maynard-Connor KC has broad experience handling both corporate and personal insolvency matters. Ian Tucker is widely praised by clients for his ‘unrivalled experience and knowledge in the area of insolvency’. He was recently instructed by the Official Receiver in relation to the liquidation of cloud service provider UKCloud Ltd., with the case turning on whether fixed or floating charges existed over the company’s valuable IP addresses. George Rowell has particular expertise when it comes to insolvency cases with a tax background; he recently acted for a group of litigants representing 16,000 investors with significant assets in pension funds whose administrator when into administration.

Kings Chambers has an excellent reputation as 'the leading chambers in the North of England for company and insolvency work'. Andrew Grantham KC stands out for his experience in unfair prejudice petitions as well as just and equitable winding up petitions. For many, Paul Chaisty KC is the 'best trial advocate' around with a 'brilliant cross-examination technique'. Douglas Cochran is a fixture in the Business and Property Courts, with an emphasis on personal and corporate insolvency work. He is noted particularly for his appellate work, recently appearing in the Court of Appeal in Bland & Anor v Keegan. The respondent in that case challenged the appointment of the applicant liquidators, alleging that her shares in the subject company had been the subject of a fraudulent transfer, on the basis that she was not listed as a shareholder on the company’s register of members at the time the company was placed in liquidation, though ought to have been.

18 St John Street hosts a number of excellent barristers with a broad range of experience in company and insolvency law. Jennifer Newstead-Taylor’s varied practice encompasses bankruptcy restriction orders, applications for provisional liquidators, and public interest winding up petitions. She is praised by clients in particular as a ‘true expert in complex disqualification proceedings’. ‘Measured and persuasive advocate’ Elisabeth Tythcott regularly appears in the Business and Property Courts. With a reputation for his ‘down-to-earth communication style’ and ability to ‘delicately manage client expectations’, Oliver Caplan handles both individual and corporate insolvency cases.