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Nick Keitley

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Nick is a highly experienced restructuring and insolvency lawyer who has been recognised as a leader in his field in both Chambers and the Legal 500 for many years. Nick has particular expertise in dealing with non-contentious insolvency matters, restructuring and related advisory work.

Nick has specialised in restructuring and insolvency work since he qualified as a solicitor in 1985. He spent the first 10 years of his career in London before moving to the South Coast to set up a restructuring and insolvency practice for a major regional law firm. He joined Isadore Goldman in April 2024.

Nick regularly acts for insolvency practitioners and for creditors and directors of insolvent companies. He has considerable experience of advising banks, invoice discounters and other asset-based lenders on insolvency-related issues. He also acts for sellers and buyers of distressed businesses and assets (often through a pre-pack administration). He also advises on business restructurings and turnarounds and solvent liquidations.

Nick has worked in various sectors, including hospitality and leisure, real estate, retail, manufacturing, energy, education, charities, transport and infrastructure.

Nick has worked on a number of high profile and complex insolvencies including the administration and subsequent liquidation of a national chain of Mexican themed restaurants and a Manchester based property development company which sold flats off-plan to investors.

Nick is a fellow of the Association of Business Recovery Professionals (R3) and a former chairman of the Southern Region of R3.

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“Nick Keitley is a pre-eminent lawyer.”

“Nick Keitley is vastly knowledgeable and approachable. I thoroughly enjoy working with him due to his detailed knowledge and no-nonsense approach.”

“Nick Keitley is an extremely knowledgeable and seasoned practitioner who clearly thinks things through and provides well-argued practical advice in a timely manner.”

“Nick is an excellent lawyer leading an excellent team. He is knowledgeable, pragmatic and always available.”

“Nick Keitley is a well-known and excellent commercial lawyer.”

Chambers and Legal 500

Always available and goes above and beyond. Exceptional advice and a pragmatic approach.
I had no previous personal understanding of how the process worked but you explained everything to me clearly and set aside all my fears from the outset. I would recommend you highly to anyone and cannot praise you enough. You kept on top of every detail and your diligent and precise approach really made the difference in achieving the successful outcome we did.
I would like to take this opportunity of saying a huge thank you to you for your truly expert help and guidance throughout the last few years. It’s been a rollercoaster experience I never want to go through again but thankfully, with your valued help and generosity, we have now got to a better place where my wife and I can start to rebuild our future. Thanks so much.
Would highly recommend this highly experienced firm that used their great knowledge of the law regarding insolvency/bankruptcy issues to deal with the problem I presented to them in a very thorough way. The results I obtained were as good as I could have wished!
Thank you immensely for all that you have done for me and [family member], I truly could not have got through these last few months without your calm, sensible and understanding help. I had pretty well got to the end of my tether when you came into the picture and I didn’t know which way to turn, but you have cleared a path through our difficulties, sorted our conflicts into manageable decisions and helped me to see what our options were.
A well-deserved reputation for contentious insolvency work.
Very methodical, clear and concise.
Always approachable and commercially driven, offering commercial solutions to complex problems.
Extremely active in the insolvency market and adept at handling both advisory work and disputes.
We would just like to say that we think you have been totally fabulous during this process. Your professional approach and care was so much appreciated when we were directionless and flailing. If we ever need to recommend someone in a similar need you will be our first option. Big thanks to you and all the team at Isadore Goldman.
Isadore Goldman have a very wide breadth of knowledge. They are insolvency specialists and leaders in that area of expertise.
The firm have a specialist team with the depth required in order to meet their client needs in a timely manner. They are able to deal with urgent matters as necessary.
I always feel Isadore Goldman have my best interests at heart.
Isadore Goldman has an extremely experienced team with specialist expertise and contacts across the industry.
It's a strong team that provides a quick turnaround when working to tight deadlines.
If you have a problem they will respond to you right away. It's a proactive firm that will keep you up to date with what is going on.
They’re commercially minded and focused on their clients’ aims. You’d much rather have them on your team than against.

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