Stacey Jones

Stacey Jones specialises in corporate refinancing and restructuring, advisory and options, including stressed/distressed acquisitions and disposals, and the whole array of contentious and non-contentious insolvency processes, including administrations, receiverships, liquidations (solvent and insolvent), personal insolvency processes (bankruptcies, voluntary arrangements), and security/guarantee issues. As head of the firm’s forensics, fraud and investigations team, Stacey also advises on fraud-based and criminal aspects of insolvency involving HMRC offences, Companies Act and Insolvency Act breaches, confiscation, and restraint proceedings under POCA, and cross-border asset-tracing and recovery.

Stacey also specialises in heavyweight and high value insolvency litigation which throws up complex multi-specialist issues crossing a broad range of legal disciplines including company law, fraud, trusts and property rights.  She has extensive experience in mediation, negotiation, enforcement, and business advisory services and contentious insolvency litigation, often involving reputational and/or regulatory issues for corporates (with cross-border complexities). Her clients span a range of sectors, and she advises an impressive roster of clients, including boards, insolvency practitioners, ABLs, factoring companies, corporates, directors, charities, debtors, creditors, sole traders, financiers, landlords, and other key stakeholders.  She has wide sector experience in retail, hospitality, real estate, manufacturing, construction, healthcare, charities and automotive.

Stacey is described by referrers, peers, clients and the legal directories (Legal 500 and Chambers) as ‘first class’, ‘an absolute star’ and the ‘safest pair of hands’ as well as being praised for her ‘incredible work ethic’, her ‘ability to handle complex matters with ease’, and her reputation for fighting ‘to the bitter end to advance her clients’ interests’. She is a member of the Law Society, the Turnaround Management Association, the R3 Association of Business Recovery Professionals, the Fraud Advisory Panel, the Insolvency Lawyers Association, and INSOL International.