Oluwatobi Taiwo

Oluwatobi acts for a wide range of stakeholders including insolvency practitioners, lenders, debtors, directors, and creditors, in domestic, multi-jurisdictional and cross-border matters.

Her areas of expertise include:

• advising administrators and liquidators on the appointment process;
• advising company directors on their statutory duties and obligations under the Insolvency Act 1986, the Companies Act 2006 and other relevant legislation;
• assisting lenders and insolvency practitioners with the sale and realisation of assets in both domestic and foreign jurisdictions.
• pursuing breaches of fiduciary duty, misfeasance, unlawful dividend, and antecedent transaction claims.

Jurisdiction: England & Wales

• Acted for and advised the administrators of a whole foods supply business on the proposed administration and subsequent sale of the business and assets by the administrators.
• Acted for the proposed administrators of a publicity traded cybersecurity company on the appointment of administrators and sale of the PLC and its respective subsidiaries.
• Acted on behalf of a major UK lender to a well-known British manufacturing company and its connected companies and the subsequent sale and assignment of outstanding debt.
• Advised a significant UK lender on enforcement options and strategy to recover a long outstanding debt from the operators of a hotel and restaurant chain.
• Currently acting for the joint liquidations and former joint administrators of a Mayfair art gallery on their appointment as liquidators and various matters arising out of the course of the liquidation.