For Insolvency Practitioners

With a commercially minded and flexible approach, we have established long-lasting, trusted relationships with our insolvency practitioner clients.

We provide a complete and efficient service to officeholders on all aspects of corporate and personal insolvency, whether contentious or non-contentious. Our expertise and willingness to engage in appropriate, flexile funding options helps officeholders understand and manage risk and achieve quick and efficient outcomes.

What expertise do we offer?

• Advice to officeholders (as administrators, liquidators, supervisors and trustees in bankruptcy) on all aspects of their appointments.
• Advice on and preparing applications to enforce statutory powers of investigation and seizure of assets, books and records.
• Officeholders’ remuneration applications.
• Asset tracing and recovery.
• Asset sales including freehold and leasehold property.
• Landlord and tenant issues, title, forfeiture, commercial rent arrears recoveries and other recovery steps.
• Advice on TUPE, employment claims and redundancy.
• Pursuing officeholder/company claims in company insolvencies for directors’ misfeasance, directors’ breach of fiduciary duty, outstanding directors’ loan accounts, unlawful dividends and antecedent transactions (i.e. transactions at an undervalue, preferences, transactions defrauding creditors).
• Pursuing trustee in bankruptcy claims for antecedent transactions, possession and sale of residential, agricultural and commercial property.
• Advice on realisation /recovery of assets outside the jurisdiction.
• Advice on all aspects of individual and company voluntary arrangements.

In whatever capacity an insolvency practitioner is instructed, we can assist and work together to achieve the best possible outcome.

If you need advice on any of the above, please contact a member of our insolvency team in confidence here or on 02920 829 100 for a free initial call to see how they can help.

Why Choose Darwin Gray?

Direct Access to Your Solicitor

You won’t be passed through gatekeepers here. When you call, you’ll speak to the solicitor handling your matter. You’ll have their direct number, their email, and a genuine working relationship. Our clients tell us this makes all the difference when dealing with urgent insolvency situations.

A Team That Works Together

We don’t work in silos. Our insolvency team shares knowledge across departments, working alongside our employment, property and corporate colleagues when cases require broader expertise. If your usual contact is unavailable, someone else can step in quickly without missing a beat.

Quick Decisions, Fast Responses

Insolvency situations often need urgent action. Our flexible working and devolved decision-making means we can respond at pace, even outside regular office hours. Need an urgent answer on a Friday evening? We’re set up for exactly that.

Honest, Commercial Advice

You’ll always get the full picture from us. We’ll explain your options clearly, each with its own risk level, so you can make informed decisions. No hedging, no waffle. Just practical guidance and high-quality legal work at a fair price.

Relationships That Go Beyond the File

Getting to know our clients properly matters to us. Regular catch-ups, face-to-face meetings, and genuine effort to understand your business. We bring clients into our offices, get out to visit yours, and build lasting partnerships.

Wales’ Leading Welsh Language Commercial Law Firm

We’re the only commercial law firm with offices in South and North Wales offering full Welsh language legal services at every level, from trainees to partners. If you need an insolvency solicitor who can work fluently in Welsh, you’ll find that expertise right across our team. This isn’t an add-on or a tick-box exercise. It’s part of who we are.