UK
Ireland
Restructuring and recovery across sectors including energy, travel and technology
Experience
Colin, a qualified accountant and licensed insolvency practitioner, joined Smith & Williamson 12 years ago having previously gained national and international restructuring experience with two Big Four firms.
Colin advises stakeholders, including lenders, private equity houses, directors and shareholders, on a wide variety of restructuring and recovery situations. He undertakes business reviews on behalf of funders, and provides pre-insolvency advice to directors, often helping to avoid the need for a formal insolvency procedure.
He has significant success in rescuing companies via company voluntary arrangement or rescuing businesses by selling them as going concerns, usually resulting in enhanced recoveries for creditors. His extensive experience in formal insolvency appointments spans administrations, receiverships and liquidations (both solvent and insolvent).
In recent years Colin has also built up a reputation for his fraud and asset tracing work and has been central to our success in developing our investigations team working with HM Revenue & Customs.
Professional qualifications/memberships
- Qualified accountant (FCCA)
- Licenced insolvency practitioner (ICAEW)
- Member of the Association of Business Recovery Professionals (R3)
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S&W team comment on latest company insolvencies data for construction industry
New data published today by the Insolvency Service shows that there were 367 construction insolvencies in February 2025, the highest they have been since June 2024. This is a 20% increase from January 2025 (306) and 3% increase from February 2024 (355).
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The team complete a sale of Utopia Distribution Services Limited to DP World Logistics UK Limited
On 13 December 2024, Mark Supperstone and Ben Woodthorpe were appointed as joint administrators to Utopia Distribution Services Limited (UDS or the ‘Company’), a physical entertainment distributor. Immediately following the appointment, a sale of the business and assets was completed to DP World Logistics UK Limited (‘DP World’), the supply chain solutions provider.
