Head of the Insolvency and Litigation department at BTMK.

Qualified as a solicitor in 1987, partner at BTMK since 1989.

Specialist areas

• Directors’ disqualification actions, undertakings and applications for permission to act as a director of a limited company notwithstanding disqualification or bankruptcy
• Misfeasance, wrongful and fraudulent trading actions
• Section 216 Insolvency Act 1986 and exemptions
• Validity of debentures
• Preferences and transactions at an undervalue
• Asset realisations, including applications for orders for possession and sale
• Debt collection including enforcement of judgment debts
• Advising regarding suitability and mechanics of insolvency procedures, including liquidation, administration and voluntary arrangements
• Pre-pack and other insolvency-based business sales
• Office holders’ appointments, rights and powers
• Retention of title claims
• Bankruptcy restrictions orders
• Suspensions of discharge
• Income Payments Agreements and Orders
• Disclaimers, assignments and surrenders of leasehold commercial properties in insolvency context
• Block transfer orders transferring office holder’s appointments to new insolvency practitioner(s)

Member of

• R3 (the Association of Business Recovery Professionals)
• Insolvency Lawyers’ Association

Contact

• Email: tony.briscoe@btmk.co.uk
• Direct dial: 01702 238530