Ben Woodthorpe

Ben specialises in corporate restructuring and insolvency, advising board members, accelerated merger and acquisitions, solvent solutions and group simplification projects.

Experience

Ben began his career in corporate restructuring in 1997, having trained with PwC, and spent almost 13 years at ReSolve before it was acquired in 2024. He has acted as an appointment taking insolvency practitioner since 2016, shortly prior to becoming a partner that year. Ben's experiences are both lender and company side, and include all forms of restructuring, insolvency, and advisory work spanning numerous industry sectors.

Notable achievements

• Ben has successfully traded businesses in administration, including a specialist inbound call centre business with Crown and charity clientele, and a 200-year-old University print provider.

• Ben was appointed monitor in one of the first moratorium cases in the UK.

• He established the solvent liquidation department at his previous firm and was appointed solvent liquidator over 75 companies in the simplification of two former FTSE 250 retailers, and the winding down of a state owned B2C energy business.

• Ben has experience in investigating the wrongful actions of delinquent officers, including instances of mini-bond fraud and giving evidence at Crown Court.

• He advised on a successful debt for equity swap for an over-leveraged tech business in the energy switching sector and led on a variety of independent business reviews for lenders and boards in sectors such as recruitment, manufacturers of car parts and tooling, and engineering. 

Professional qualifications/memberships

• Appointment-taking, Licensed Insolvency Practitioner
• Fellow of the Chartered Certified Accountants
• Affiliate of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales
• Degree in Accountancy from the University of East Anglia