Suzanne Brooker has over 30 years’ experience advising on all aspects of distressed situations, whether transactional or contentious, cross-border or domestic. She has been a licensed insolvency practitioner (non-appointment taking) since 2000 and is licensed by the ICAEW. She is also a Fellow of R3, the Insolvency Lawyers’ Association (ILA), the Turnaround Management Association (TMA), and INSOL. Additionally, Suzanne is a member of the Solicitors’ Assistance Scheme, providing insolvency, restructuring, and regulatory assistance for solicitors and their practices.
Recognised as a leading lawyer in the restructuring and insolvency industry, Suzanne is known for achieving results and finding workable solutions to complex insolvency, restructuring, and turnaround matters. In every case, she prioritises her clients’ commercial needs and objectives.
Suzanne’s practice is diverse, covering everything from restructuring advice and assistance, reorganisations, and refinancing to handling financial stress and distress. She also acts on formal insolvency appointments and recovery actions. As such, her assignments include working tirelessly to find the best solutions for corporates, sole traders, partnerships, LLPs, charities, high-net-worth individuals, creditors, shareholders, directors, investors, lenders, insolvency practitioners, LPA receivers, court-appointed receivers, and enforcement and fixed charge receivers, as required.
Suzanne provides clients with advisory, transactional, and contentious support on all aspects of restructuring, turnaround, and insolvency across multiple industry sectors, including (but not limited to) construction, leisure, media, transport, automotive, manufacturing, technology and communications, retail, healthcare and life sciences, financial services, and recruitment. She continues to be a trusted advisor to corporate clients, professional referrers, and stakeholders, delivering clear, decisive, commercial, and technically sound advice.
As a go-to expert for technical insolvency advice, complex structuring, and restructuring solutions, Suzanne provides guidance to both UK-based and international clients dealing with UK-based assets and financial issues. She regularly receives referrals from insolvency practitioners, accountants, solicitors, asset-based lenders, surveyors, interim directors, restructuring officers, turnaround professionals, barristers, and directly from corporates and individuals.
Suzanne has been recognised as a leading individual in this practice area for many years in both the Chambers & Partners and Legal 500 directories.
Suzanne also has extensive experience in the construction sector and has successfully represented parties in adjudications and construction disputes.
