Insolvency and Resuce Award Winners 2008:

The inaugural Insolvency and Rescue Awards 2008 took place at the Grosvenor House in London on 30 October. It was hosted by comedian and TV presenter Dominic Holland and attended by over 400 guests from the world of insolvency and rescue.

Winners

Business Rescue Funder of the Year

Winner: RCapital
Shortlist:
• Bibby Financial Services
• Cable Finance
• Cattles Invoice Finance
• State Securities

Business Rescue of the Year

Winner: Metronet (Ernst & Young)
Shortlist:
• MK Airlines (Bridge Business Recovery)
• Worldlink (Squire Sanders & Dempsey and The MacDonald Partnership)

Corporate Recovery Firm of the Year – Large Firms (over 21 licensed IPs)

Winner: Ernst & Young
Shortlist:
• Deloitte & Touche
• Tenon Recovery

Corporate Recovery Firm of the Year – Mid-Sized Firms (3–20 licensed IPs)

Winner: Leonard Curtis
Shortlist:
• David Rubin & Partners
• Kingston Smith & Partners

Corporate Recovery Firm of the Year – Small Firms (up to 3 licensed IPs)

Winner: Abbott Fielding
Shortlist:
• B&C Associates
• Tait Walker

Debt Management Provider of the Year

Winner: Debt Advisory Line
Shortlist:
• Harrington Brooks
• Tenon Recovery

Insolvency Legal Firm of the Year: Barristers Chambers

Winner: Maitland Chambers
Shortlist:
• 13 Old Square Chambers
• XXIV Old Buildings
• Maitland Chambers

Insolvency Legal Firm of the Year: Solicitors

Winner: Skadden
Shortlist:
• Eversheds
• Moon Beever
• Watson Burton

Highly commended: Eversheds

Insolvency Litigation Team of the Year

Winner: Moon Beever
Shortlist:
• Howes Percival
• Wortley Redmayne Kershaw

Insolvency Manager of the Year

Winner: Joanne Robinson, assistant director, Ernst & Young
Shortlist:
• Robert Beat, director of corporate and insolvency services, Tenon Recovery
• Kym Carvell, associate director, Marshman Price
• Linda Courtney, head of managed services, Eversheds

Insolvency Practitioner of the Year- Corporate

Winner: Alan Bloom, partner, Ernst & Young
Shortlist:
• Ian Mark Defty, partner, Kingston Smith & Partners
• David Standish, insolvency practitioner, KPMG

Insolvency Practitioner of the Year- Personal

Winner: Beverley Budsworth, managing director, The Debt Advisor
Shortlist: • Melanie Giles, insolvency practitioner, IVA Advice Bureau

International Insolvency & Rescue Firm of the Year

Winner: Skadden
Shortlist: • Ernst & Young

The Sabin Award for Outstanding Contribution to the UK Rescue Culture

Winner: Desmond Flynn

Trade Risk Manager of the Year

Winner: Jon Bunyard, commercial director, Computacenter
Shortlist:
• Eddie Pacey, director of credit services, Bell Micro
• Ben Thomson, risk manager, TradePro

Turnaround Practitioner of the Year

Winner: David Lovett, managing director, AlixPartners
Shortlist: • Stefaan Vansteenkiste, managing director, Alvarez & Marsal

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