Nick Moser

Nick is the Head of our UK Restructuring & Insolvency team. Nick advises all stakeholders involved in crossborder and domestic restructurings and workouts, including asset-based lenders, private equity and distressed debt investors.

He is a leading lawyer in contentious insolvency and fraud claims and also insolvencies involving pensions issues.

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Career

Since 2002

Partner, Taylor Wessing

Education

1995	Solicitor Advocate with rights of audience, High Court of England & Wales
1992	MA Jurisprudence, Lincoln College, Oxford University

Publications

UK Insolvency Client Strategies, Aspatore, 2008
Pensions & Corporate Insolvency, Jordans, 2013

Additional languages

English

Expertise

Sectors Financial institutions & insurance Consumer & retail Technology, media & communications Cryptoassets, blockchain and distributed ledger technology

Experience

British Steel

White Oak - Advising the senior secured creditor on all aspects of the British Steel insolvency and restructuring and on the complex GBP130m FILO (first -in-last-out) asset based finance structure; we were awarded Finance Team of the Year at the Lawyer awards 2020 for this work.

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Arcadia

Acting on the restructuring and CVA of the Arcadia group (including Top Shop, Top Man and Miss Selfridge).

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LK Bennett

Advising LK Bennett's management in the period up to the appointment of administrators.

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Amy Patterson

Beaufort Securities

Acting for Beaufort Securities as creditors' committee member for the special administration of this financial services business.

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Stephen O'Grady

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Awards

Chambers and Partners UK 2023	Nick Moser is head of the UK restructuring and insolvency team at Taylor Wessing. He has a diverse practice advising clients on both the creditor and debtor sides of restructuring and insolvency mandates. "He is a very bright, excellent advocate who is great for the client." "Nick Moser is the standout practitioner in the team."
Legal 500 UK 2023	Corporate restructuring & insolvency - Ranked: ‘Nick Moser has been invaluable across both distressed situations and in post-restructuring M&A and strategic transactions. He is also excellent at ensuring that the resources within the larger firm are best utilised for the client and are co-ordinated with one another.’
Legal 500 UK 2023	Corporate restructuring & insolvency - Ranked: Team head Nick Moser has strong creditor and debtor restructuring credentials and is appreciated for his ability to ensure 'that the resources within the larger firm are best utilised for the client and are co-ordinated with one another'.
Chambers UK 2022	Leading individual - Restructuring/Insolvency (Band 5): "He is an industry leader and specialist in restructuring and insolvency - a high-calibre lawyer."
Chambers UK 2021	Leading individual - Restructuring/Insolvency (Band 5): "He has extensive knowledge, is extremely personable and is very well regarded by others in the profession and beyond. He is able to explain all the legal talk and is extremely effective at getting a result." "He is very commercially aware."
The Lawyer Awards 2020	Finance team of the year - leading advisers in the British Steel sale, one of the highest-profile corporate collapses in recent years

Legal 500 UK 2020	Leading individual - Corporate restructuring & insolvency: ‘Nick Moser has excellent knowledge and experience in asset recovery and corporate matters. Great eye for detail and vast knowledge and experience in his area. Excellent communicator and his advice is well considered, and you feel you can trust the advice given.’
Chambers UK 2020	Leading individual - Restructuring/Insolvency (Band 5): Nick Moser is head of the restructuring and corporate recovery group at the firm and regularly advises clients on both the creditor and debtor sides of restructuring and insolvency mandates. Clients say: "He is very calm and assured, and we can rely on his advice."
Chambers UK 2019	Leading individual - Restructuring/Insolvency (Band 4): Head of the restructuring and corporate recovery group at the firm, Nick Moser is noted for his contentious insolvency and fraud expertise, acting for both creditor and debtor-side clients. Clients praise his "commercial awareness and sensible practical solutions."

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