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Legal 500: 2025

JMW Solicitors LLP's Manchester-based team is well-equipped to advise its diverse client roster on the processes surrounding the high-value administration of companies. The practice is home to ‘tenacious and terrifyingly efficient’ litigator Simon Gerrard. James Williams is experienced in acting for challenger lenders and insolvency practitioners in property insolvencies. Practice head Gavin Jones is well-regarded for his ’wealth of experience’, routinely handling bankruptcy matters.

Chambers and Partners 2024

JMW Solicitors has a well-regarded team with notable expertise in a wide range of restructuring and insolvency matters. The firm acts for a broad base of clients, including administrators and companies from a variety of sectors. It is noted for its skilled handling of shareholder disputes, wrongful trading claims and property receiverships.

The Legal 500 2024: Insolvency and Corporate Recovery

The ‘experienced and diligent’ team at JMW Solicitors LLP has Gavin Jones at its helm, who is marked as having ‘a depth of experience unrivalled by many in Manchester’. It has broad focus on acting on matters in the accountancy and real estate sectors; ‘tenacious advisor’ James Williams has capabilities acting for lenders and practitioners on matters in the property sector in particular. The team has further strengthened its contentious capabilities with the joining of Simon Gerrard, experienced insolvency litigation partner and former team lead at Prosperity Law LLP, in May 2023.

Legal 500 2023: Insolvency and Corporate Recovery

JMW Solicitors LLP‘s team has been shifting its focus, supplementing its well-regarded personal insolvency practice with new clients in the mid-to-upmarket accountancy segment. The team offers a blend of contentious and non-contentious services and has been working alongside its real estate practice to generate high-value property receiverships. Gavin Jones leads the group in Manchester and has experience in high-profile litigations. James Williams offers additional banking expertise.

Chambers and Partners 2023

JMW Solicitors has a well-regarded team with notable expertise in a wide range of restructuring and insolvency matters. The firm acts for a broad base of clients, including administrators and companies from a variety of sectors. It is noted for its skilled handling of shareholder disputes and wrongful trading claims.

Our Restructuring & Insolvency Partners

Gavin Jones

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Alejandro Worthington

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James Williams

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Julie Agnew

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Simon Gerrard

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Imran Aslam

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Lee Ranford

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David Fendt

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