Rachel Brown

She is a managing associate in the London office, but works nationally with colleagues across the UK. Rachel also frequently advises on cross-border matters and works closely with colleagues in the firm’s international offices, as well as external counsel. She acts for a broad range of clients, including insolvency practitioners, financial institutions, directors, shareholders, creditors and other key stakeholders in financially distressed businesses. Rachel regularly advises on formal insolvency appointments, company voluntary arrangements, supply chain risks, retention of title issues, the validity and enforcement of security, guarantees, debt recovery claims and the appointment of receivers.

Her work also includes advising insolvency practitioners on all elements arising from their appointments, including preparing insolvency applications, regulatory issues and advising on antecedent transactions (including transactions at an undervalue, preferences, extortionate credit transactions and transactions defrauding creditors). Additionally, Rachel regularly advises boards of directors on their duties in times of financial distress.

She also has extensive insolvency litigation experience, including in handling complex, multi-jurisdictional matters, shareholder disputes, partnership disputes, joint venture disputes and fraud-related claims. She is a regular contributor to various legal and industry publications, such as the Lexis Nexis Corporate Rescue and Insolvency Journal and the Thought Leaders Disputes magazine. Rachel is recognised in the Legal 500 for her ‘strong technical insolvency knowledge’.