Annual Corporate Insolvency Update: A Live Online Conference.

This half day online conference, chaired by Stephen Allinson, former Chairman of The Insolvency Service, covers a wide range of very topical issues in Commercial Insolvency. It will be delivered by speakers, all of whom are experts in this difficult and complex area of work. Each will present a 25 minute session on their specific topic and there will be ample time for questions. Topics range from an update on transactions at undervalue to Fixed and floating charges and the new Avanti decision and a commercial insolvency case law update

This online conference will be streamed live, direct to your desktop, tablet or smart phone so you can watch it from your office or home anywhere in the world. You can participate in the conference live or watch the recorded version whenever you want. In each case you will receive a recording of the complete conference after the event.

The price for this is £240. This is a per organisation price, so up to 20 of your colleagues can participate at absolutely no extra charge, even if they are viewing it from a different location or at a different time. So, of course, if there are 10 of you the cost per delegate would be just £24 each.

For small firms, with 4 or less partners, the price is £99 for a single ticket (with no additional free places)

All those who book will receive a video recording of the complete conference shortly after the event This is streets ahead of an ordinary passive webinar or online course experience with one speaker, which often gets very tedious in a very short time. We have 6 speakers. With this online conference, you will be able to participate with your colleagues as you want - either live, or in segments (perhaps viewing it a session at a time over several days/weeks) or on an on-demand, recorded basis. You will be able to take part and see our panel of expert speakers cover the current hot topics, and answer or ask questions, from the comfort of your office or home.

WHO WILL THE CONFERENCE APPEAL TO?

This half day online conference is designed to appeal to insolvency lawyers, insolvency practitioners, accountants and other professionals who are advising clients on these complex issues and need to keep up to date with the latest developments in this very difficult area of work

MAIN TOPICS TO BE COVERED

- Commercial insolvency case law update

- Director Disqualification

- Potential criminal penalties as an officer of the insolvent company

- Transactions at undervalue and transactions defrauding creditors – an update on law and practice.

- Fixed and floating charges and new Avanti decision

- Behind the insolvency statistics: what’s really going on?

- Moratoriums and Restructuring Plans -3 years on, where are we now?

SPEAKERS

Stephen Allinson, Solicitor, former Chairman of the Insolvency Service

Kavan Gunaratna, Enterprise Chambers 

Rachel McCahill, Partner, Buckles Solicitors

David Pollard, Wilberforce Chambers (ex Freshfields) Author of "Corporate Insolvency: Employment Rights" (Bloomsbury Professional)

Steven Fennell, Exchange Chambers

David Kelly, Head of Insolvency at PwC

Stephen Allinson is a Solicitor and Licensed Insolvency Practitioner. Stephen has specialised in credit, debt and insolvency work since 1987, and has extensive experience in dealing with the full range of these procedures. Prior to setting up his own consultancy, he was a Business Recovery and Insolvency partner at a major law firm. As well as acting as a Consultant to the legal profession, he also pursues many other projects in the legal, insolvency and credit fields and is a Tutor at the University of Law. Stephen was appointed Chairman of the Board of The Insolvency Service in January 2017 and is also the Chairman of the Joint Insolvency Examination Board (JIEB) and one of the Chairmen of the Methodist Church Disciplinary Process. His major book ‘Enforcement of a Judgment’ was published by Sweet and Maxwell in January 2016, and he has in the last twelve months contributed to leading educational publications on Business Law and Commercial Property for students and legal professionals, as well as two insolvency handbooks. In May 2019, Stephen was appointed a Consultant to Apex Litigation Finance, a new and innovative litigation funder in this ever-expanding market.

Kavan Gunaratna Enterprise Chambers. Kavan deals with all aspects of corporate and personal insolvency. His experience includes, all aspects of company, LLP, partnership and individual insolvency. His experience ranges from applications to set aside statutory demands, injunctions, bankruptcy petitions, administration applications, antecedent transaction claims (misfeasance, TUVs, preferences, s.423 IA 1986), unlawful dividends and distributions, wrongful trading and all other areas of insolvency. He is a contributor to Butterworth’s Property Insolvency and to The Annotated Guide to Insolvency Legislation (Lexis Nexis) The Legal500 describes him as "Fabulously composed on his feet; patient, methodical and incisive"

David Pollard is a barrister at Wilberforce Chambers and the author of the book Corporate Insolvency: Employment Rights (published by Bloomsbury Professional). David claims that it is the leading work in the area - or (practically) the only work in the area. He has been a chair of the Association of Pension Lawyers (APL) and a vice-Chair of the Industrial Law Society (ILS). Before switching to the bar, he practiced as a solicitor and was for 25 years a partner with Freshfields.

Rachel McCahill is a Partner with Buckles Solicitors and Head of their Restructuring, Turnaround & Insolvency team. She is listed as a Leading Individual in Legal 500. She acts in all aspects of contentious and non-contentious insolvency and restructuring related matters, both corporate and personal. Her clients range from insolvency practitioners, directors, individuals, companies, creditors, and financial institutions. She is a regular speaker at Insolvency Conferences.

Steven Fennell qualified as a solicitor in 1996, as an insolvency practitioner in 1999, and a solicitor advocate in 2013, before transferring to the Bar in 2014. He was the moderator of the JIEB Administrations, Company Voluntary Arrangements and Receiverships paper from 2008 to 2017. Steven contributes chapters to Tolleys Insolvency Law and Practice and has published numerous articles on insolvency. His practice includes Corporate insolvency litigation, including wrongful trading, fraudulent trading, misfeasance, preferences and transactions at undervalue.

David Kelly is the Head of Insolvency at PwC and has been involved in some of the most high profile UK and cross border insolvencies. Some of the cases he remains involved with are Lehman Brothers, Carillion, Travelex, OW Bunker, Petroplus, Phones 4U and MG Rover. Over his career he has helped pioneer some of the most unique insolvency solutions including the shortest administration in UK insolvency, the first credit bid pre-pack in Singapore and the first use of an insurance product to deliver distributions to secured lenders.

Important Notes about Booking

1. If you are booking more than say 14 delegates, it is probably better to make two bookings of half the number of delegates each, starting with the paying delegate and then adding half the free delegates to that booking and then creating a new booking for the rest of the free delegates. The reason for this is that the booking platform time-out kicks in perhaps too quickly and you can lose all the information you inputted. Alternatively you can book your first delegate and send the names, job titles and email addresses of the additional delegates to us at info@legaltrainingconsultancy.co.uk

2. Payment can be made by credit or debit card or alternatively by invoice. The option to pay by invoice is below the pay by card option in the booking form

3. If you have more than 20 delegates then extra delegates are £20 each. Contact us at info@legaltrainingconsultancy.co.uk to arrange this

4. If you don't have the complete list of who will be attending you can book for those that you know will be attending and add the others at a later date

5. If you would like to submit questions in advance to the speakers please send them to info@legaltrainingconsultancy.co.uk

6. When booking for others please make 100% sure that you have their correct email addresses, as getting them wrong could mean that they will not receive any joining instructions

The Legal Training Consultancy

The Legal Training Consultancy is a full-service training consultancy with a large portfolio of in-house courses and trainers. You can find out more here: www.legaltrainingconsultancy.co.uk. We have been responsible for putting together a vast number of law and tax related conferences, webinars, seminars, videos and e-learning modules. Altogether well over 2000.

On the insolvency front we have put together face to face conferences on a wide range of topics, including Corporate Reconstructions, Insolvency Law Update, Insolvency Law for Company Lawyers, Bankruptcy and IVAs, Insolvency and Employment Law