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Oliver Wheeler

Walker Morris
Oliver is a Senior Associate in the Insolvency and Restructuring team at Walker Morris LLP.
 
Having trained at the firm, Oliver's practice now encompasses a broad range of insolvency and restructuring mandates including insolvency sales, debt restructuring and advice to boards of directors, as well as insolvency litigation with a particular focus on fraud and misfeasance.
 
Oliver's career highlights include:
 
•     Being part of a three-person team which delivered the Part 26A restructuring plan of the Good Box Labs Co Limited, the only creditor led restructuring plan sanctioned to date and the first SME restructuring plan sanctioned outside of London.
•     Working for several years on a complex c.£50m MTIC fraud case involving claims and enforcement in jurisdictions including England & Wales, Hong Kong, Singapore and the USA.
•     Led on the reported case of Re Changtel Solutions UK Ltd [2022] EWHC 694 (Ch), a significant case in the development of the law on void dispositions.
•     Was part of a global team, acting alongside several 'white shoe' firms in the USA and UK, advising on the purchase of the business and assets of a major telecoms business in administration, the Russian owners of which were subject to global sanctions.
•     Leading on a large number of pre-pack sales, on both buy and sale side and acting for both trade and fund / private equity buyers, including in the rail, energy, food, manufacturing and retail sectors. 

Practice Area

Panel

  • Contributing Author

Qualified Year

  • 2020

Experience

  • LexisNexis (2010 - 2015)

Membership

  • Law Society of England and Wales
  • R3

Qualification

  • LLB (Hons), 2017

Education

  • University of York, 2014-2017

2 Contributions by Oliver Wheeler

Liquidator’s witness statement supporting section 127 Insolvency Act 1986 application: declaration of void post‑commencement dispositions, restoration and costs (England and Wales)
PRECEDENTS
Liquidator’s witness statement supporting section 127 Insolvency Act 1986 application: declaration of void post‑commencement dispositions, restoration and costs (England and Wales)
Applicant(s): [ enter initials and family name ]: [ state ordinal of witness statement, e.g. 1st ] Exhibit: [ describe the exhibit ]: Date: [ give date of witness statement ] CASE NO: [ provide case number ] [ IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE BUSINESS AND PROPERTY COURTS OF ENGLAND AND WALES INSOLVENCY AND COMPANIES LIST (ChD) OR IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE BUSINESS AND PROPERTY COURTS IN [ enter location ] INSOLVENCY AND COMPANIES LIST (ChD) OR IN THE COUNTY COURT AT [ enter location ] BUSINESS AND PROPERTY WORK ] IN THE MATTER OF [ enter company’s name ] AND IN THE MATTER OF THE INSOLVENCY ACT 1986 BETWEEN [ enter name(s) of the Applicant(s) ] Applicant(s) AND [ enter name(s) of the Respondent(s) ] Respondent(s) [ SPECIFY NUMBER ] Witness statement of [ enter name of office-holder ] I, [ enter the office-holder’s name ] of [ enter the office-holder’s business address ] WILL SAY as follows: General I act as a [ enter position ] at [ enter the name and address of the office-holder’s firm ]...
Restructuring & Insolvency
Template application notice for declaration voiding post‑petition company dispositions under s127 Insolvency Act 1986, with repayment, interest and costs (England and Wales)
PRECEDENTS
Template application notice for declaration voiding post‑petition company dispositions under s127 Insolvency Act 1986, with repayment, interest and costs (England and Wales)
Application notice in insolvency proceedings (corporate) INSOLVENCY ACT APPLICATION NOTICE Use with an application notice compliant with the Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016, SI 2016/1024—see Form IAA, IR 2016 r1.35 VAR... Case No: [insert]. Court: [identify court or hearing centre as per heading]. In the matter of [company] and the Insolvency Act 1986. Between [Applicant(s)] and [Respondent(s)]... Made under section 127 Insolvency Act 1986. Applicant(s): [names/addresses]. Respondent(s): [names/addresses]. Concerns: [company details]. Heard by [level of judge] at [court/hearing centre]. Within existing insolvency proceedings? YES/NO. Court reference: [insert]... Declaration that [the disposition(s), e.g. payment(s) in Schedule A] [is/are] void under section 127... Restoration: (i) repayment of the Schedule A sum(s) and/or such sum(s) as the court thinks fit; (ii) interest under section 35A Senior Courts Act 1981 at such rate and for such period as the court sees fit... Costs of and incidental to this application... Such further or other relief as the court thinks fit... Grounds: [witness statement number] of [name], dated [date]. Service: [names/addresses] OR [none]. Notice: [names/addresses] OR [none]. Address for service: [insert]. Dated: [ ] Signed: [ ] Name: [applicant(s)/solicitor and position]... Court endorsement: Heard on [date/time/place]. Issued at [court or hearing centre]...
Restructuring & Insolvency
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