The ‘modern, progressive, and energetic’ Carson McDowell insolvency and restructuring team has a strong presence in the Northern Ireland Market. Notably, the practice successfully defended three directors of WrightBus in disqualification proceedings against the Department of the Economy, which arose from the administration of Wrightbus. Darren Toombs leads the team. A ’commercial and client focused’ individual, Toombs excels in providing litigation assistance to insolvency practitioners. Sinead McGrath, head of the banking and finance department, lends support on insolvent restructuring and refinancing matters to financial institutions.
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  • ‘Industry leading professionals with genuine expertise.’
  • ‘Darren Toombs is very commercial and client focused. Impeccable legal and commercial judgement.’
  • ‘Darren Toombs provides excellent service and advice.’
  • ‘Straightforward advice, pragmatic solutions that work.’
  • ‘The team’s reputation is built on the trusted relationships it enjoys with its clients. It is modern, progressive, and energetic. Its lawyers understand their subjects, but also the value of service and the client experience.’
  • ‘Darren Toombs is a superb lawyer, confident and reassuring with his clients. He is highly analytical but capable of demystifying complex subjects for his clients and guiding them though challenging personal circumstances.
  • ‘Darren Toombs was exceptionally persistent and collaborative on a challenging an unusual litigation instruction.’

Kernmandanten

  • Senior Managers in Wrightbus
  • Mitsubishi HC Capital UK PLC
  • Begbies Traynor Leeds
  • Begbies Traynor
  • Keenan Corporate Finance
  • Dorothy Brown (IP) Even Keel Financial Services
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Highlight-Mandate

  • Acting for various directors and alleged de facto directors of Wrightbus in defending director disqualification actions.
  • Acting for a major PLC Finance Institution to end the potentially widespread fraudulent activities of a farmer engaged in widespread Agric Asset Finance abuse.
  • Acting for Begbies Traynor in a major windfarm insolvency dispute which made national legal media headlines on the issue of another IPs costs charged.

Anwält*innen

Führende Partner*innen

Die stärksten Partner*innen ihres Praxisbereichs, die eine führende Rolle in signifikanten Mandaten einnehmen und weitreichende Anerkennung unter Wettbewerbern und Mandanten genießen.

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Darren Toombs

Weitere Kernanwält*innen

Sinead McGarth