Elizabeth Wood

Legal Director

Leeds

About me

I help clients navigate restructuring and turnaround situations, providing the expertise they need to safeguard their interests, preserve jobs and achieve their aims. I act for various stakeholders including directors, corporate clients, private equity investors, lenders and office holders.

My technical expertise is considerable as I’m an accredited member of the Institute for Turnaround. I combine this with a collaborative approach and commercially minded insight and empathy, offering the solutions driven guidance clients can rely on to steer them in the right direction.

I have an ability to navigate sensitive situations with care, fostering trust among various stakeholder groups, ensuring we deliver the right outcomes, even when timescales are tight. I’m calm, resilient and determined, remaining steady under pressure, no matter how complex the factors at play.

A true team player, I enjoy working together with clients and other advisors to deliver projects that results in a positive outcome, preserving jobs. Seeing the impact of the work we do is so fulfilling!

My experience

  • Advising a luxury wholesaler and designer of high-end fabrics on the sale and licence-back of intellectual property, securing a vital cash injection and preserving the employment and brand’s future legacy
  • Advising on the strategic acquisition of a portfolio of 14 sites for a hospitality client through a pre-pack acquisition
  • Advising the administrators on the sale of a luxury hotel, ensuring the continuity of operations and the safeguarding of 135 jobs for all employees
  • Advising a Plan Company and various stakeholders on a number of ‘Pt 26A’ restructuring plans
  • Advising the purchaser on the credit bid pre-pack acquisition of a portfolio of late-night bars or nightclubs, securing the continued employment of 498 employees
  • Advising an international casual dining client in relation to a complex solution to address underperforming franchisees in the UK which involved a series of solvent and insolvent transactions.

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