David Richardson

David is an insolvency specialist who has joined the firm as a consultant solicitor with over 20 years’ experience of both transactional work and distressed situations as well as bringing and defending all forms of contentious actions in personal and corporate insolvency cases.

David has established strong personal relationships with intermediaries and insolvency practitioners. He provides pragmatic and commercial advice to business owners, company directors, insolvency practitioners, lenders, creditors and potential purchasers upon the numerous challenging and complex issues involved when businesses face financial difficulties, in order to provide practical outcomes and solutions.

In addition, he advises and assists insolvency practitioners in exercising their statutory duties, specifically investigating and challenging antecedent transactions to identify claims and to realise assets for the benefit of creditors. David also acts for directors and individuals who are confronted with litigation or disqualification following a company failure, or with personal insolvency. David has extensive experience of alternative ways of dispute resolution including mediation and informal negotiation.