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Martin Arnold

Partner specialising in all aspects of corporate insolvency, both contentious and non-contentious. He acts for liquidators, administrators and receivers, banks and asset-based lenders, as well as advising companies on appropriate insolvency processes. Recent projects have involved advising on claims against directors and shadow directors and defending claims brought against directors, including Company Directors Disqualification Act proceedings; making claims in relation to all types of antecedent transactions; dealing with appointments of administrators, administrative receivers and liquidators in relation to a variety of insolvent organisations; and acting on the sale of businesses by insolvency practitioners. Martin has extensive experience of multi-jurisdictional contentious insolvency proceedings, including freezing and recovering assets in various jurisdictions, including the US, Europe and Africa. Other recent work has seen Martin advising on the structuring of corporate voluntary arrangements; disputing and challenging CVAs; and advising a number of organisations, including a foreign governmental agency, on ROT issues relating to the transfer of goods subject to ROT through several jurisdictions. · Wedlake Bell LLP

EnglandInsolvency, Restructuring

About

Partner at Wedlake Bell LLP based in England, specialising in all aspects of corporate insolvency (contentious and non-contentious). Acts for liquidators, administrators, receivers, banks and asset-based lenders and advises on director claims, antecedent transactions, appointments of insolvency office-holders, CVAs, ROT issues, sale of businesses by insolvency practitioners and multi-jurisdictional asset recovery (including the US, Europe and Africa).

Practice areas

InsolvencyRestructuringCommercial LitigationCross-Border Insolvency

Office

Expertise

Claims against directors and shadow directors (including Company Directors Disqualification Act proceedings)Antecedent transactions / avoidance claimsAppointments of administrators, administrative receivers and liquidatorsSale of businesses by insolvency practitionersAsset recovery and freezing orders (multi-jurisdictional)Structuring and challenging Corporate Voluntary Arrangements (CVAs)Retention of Title (ROT) issuesAdvising banks and asset-based lenders

Education

  • LLB Hons, University of East Anglia (UEA)
  • Joint Insolvency Examination Board

Admissions

  • Qualified as a solicitor (qualified 1989)
  • Member, Association of Business Recovery Professionals (MABRP)