Greg Palfrey
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Greg Palfrey

Regional Head of RRS

Corporate turnaround, business support and advisory, restructuring, recovery, corporate insolvencies, automotive, cash flow forecasting.

Experience

Greg has been involved in the restructuring and insolvency field since 1989 and has spent several years working within SME’s where he gained valuable understanding from ‘the other side’ in helping turn businesses around.

Greg is now increasingly involved in advisory assignments where his practical and commercial acumen are required. He has dealt with many formal and informal corporate insolvencies and turnarounds of all kinds across industries including leisure, retail, manufacturing and commerce and has built up a sector specialism in the motor trade. He has also worked on sensitive cases involving fraud for asset based lenders banks and other charge holders.

Notable client work and achievements

  • Administrators of High Noon Stores Limited. Successfully selling off a chain of forecourt convenience stores.
  • Administrator of Funding Knight Holdings in the first crowd funding insolvency although creditors repaid in full.
  • Lead partner on many motor dealership insolvencies including five week trading of £50m dealership which led to successful sale of Seward Group.
  • Liquidator of the oil and gas exploration company RXT repaying creditors full dividends.

Professional qualifications/memberships

Greg is a Chartered Accountant and a Licensed Insolvency Practitioner.

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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.

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Administrators welcome High Court ruling on London Capital & Finance

The joint administrators of London Capital & Finance plc* (LCF) and the joint administrators of London Oil & Gas Limited** (LOG) have welcomed a High Court of Justice ruling.

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