When financial distress involves issues like potential fraud and wrongful trading, insolvency proceedings can become contentious. Assets may have been moved without your knowledge, and you could be struggling to secure any form of payment. In these situations, acting quickly will maximise the amount that can be recovered for creditors before assets can be sold or disposed of.

Our special investigations team will work to identify and recover assets through in-depth research, investigation, international asset tracing and litigation. We take a multi-disciplinary approach, working with legal advisers and forensic experts to identify and recover assets. The team can help you bring claims against those responsible for breaches of the Insolvency and Companies Act, including fraud, misfeasance and breach of duty.

Using our global connections, we can support you to resolve cross-border issues, complex litigation and numerous contentious matters, as well as liquidations and high-profile, complex bankruptcies.

Our team regularly works on insolvency investigations involving:

•    Court-appointed receiverships
•    Provisional, public interest, compulsory liquidations and bankruptcies
•    Administrations and voluntary liquidations where there are concerns over the sale of the business and assets
•    Contentious insolvency, including cases involving suspected fraud
•    Cases relating to Proceeds of Crime Act, Drug Trafficking Act and Criminal Justice Act appointments.

We follow a four-stage process in a typical contentious insolvency investigation case to achieve the best outcome:

•    An initial review and advice before we’re appointed
•    Rigorous research and investigation
•    A detail legal review and litigation action
•    Settlement and recovery.

Contact our team to guide your next steps and achieve the best outcome in your insolvency case.