Rory Barrett

Areas of Expertise:

• Business and asset sales / purchases
• Anti-avoidance claims on behalf of office holders and asset realisation
• Bankruptcy involving possession and sale / charging order applications
• Bankruptcy annulment applications
• Section 216 / 217 procedures to re-use company names
• Defending directors and individuals from office holder claims
• Director disqualification proceedings and CDDA 1986 s.17 applications
• General advice and assistance for office holders in relation to technical queries in administrations, liquidations, bankruptcies and voluntary arrangements.

Education and Qualifications:

• Qualified as a Solicitor in 2008
• Degree in Law & German, University of Birmingham
• Legal Practice Course, College of Law - Birmingham

Background and Experience:

• Experience in insolvency matters since 2006 
• Specialism in both corporate transactional work, typically arising out of administrations
• Handles a wide range of contentious assignments on behalf of both insolvency practitioners and directors/individuals, often involving allegations of misfeasance, preferences and transactions at an undervalue.   

Joined HCB

• March 2011

Approach

Rory is well respected for his wide ranging knowledge of insolvency law and his commercial approach to insolvency matters.  

Focus

Acting predominantly for office holders, Rory has a particular specialism in transactional work, typically arising out of administrations. He also handles a wide range of contentious assignments on behalf of both insolvency practitioners and directors/individuals, often involving allegations of misfeasance, preferences and transactions at an undervalue.   He receives regular instructions on behalf of business owners to validate the re-use of an insolvent company’s name.

Employment History

• Director – HCB Solicitors
• Associate – HCB Solicitors
• Solicitor – HCB Solicitors
• Solicitor – The Wilkes Partnership
• Trainee Solicitor – The Wilkes Partnership

Languages:

• German speaker

Case studies and Experience:

• Rory handled an unusual appeal to the Court of Appeal against a winding-up order, involving a substantial construction dispute.

• Rory dealt with a complex application for permission for leave to act as a director under Section 216 of the Insolvency Act 1986.

• Rory has acted on various high value sales by insolvency practitioners of various businesses as going concerns.

Internal Roles:

• COLP (Compliance Officer for Legal Practice) - HCB Legal Limited
• COO (Chief Operating Officer) - HCB Legal Limited