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Matthew Padian

Solicitor, Stevens & Bolton LLP
Matthew qualified with the international law firm Baker McKenzie LLP. He spent over ten years within the Banking and Finance team at its London office advising banks and corporate entities on cross-border debt finance transactions. During the last several years, Matthew has spent increasingly more of his time acting on restructuring and insolvency situations. Now at Stevens & Bolton LLP, Matthew’s practice covers the full spectrum of loan transactions, restructuring and insolvency situations as well as solvent corporate acquisitions and disposals.
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Assignment of insurance policies and claims in insolvency
Assignment of insurance policies and claims in insolvency
Practice Notes

This Practice Note, produced in partnership with Matthew Padian and Helen Martin of Stevens & Bolton LLP, looks at how insurance policies and insurance claims can be assigned or transferred by the insolvency practitioner (IP) or office-holder in insolvency (ie liquidation, administration, receivership or bankruptcy).

Guide to insolvency in the sports industry
Guide to insolvency in the sports industry
Practice Notes

This Practice Note is an introductory guide to insolvency in the sports industry, covering football, rugby union, Formula 1 and cricket. It covers regulatory requirements and sporting sanctions, key stakeholders, players, fans, ownership, stadiums, sponsors and suppliers, the football creditors rule, Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (TUPE 2006), SI 2006/246, sporting disputes and practical issues for office-holders seeking to rescue or sell an insolvent sports club.Overview of insolvency in the sports industryThe sports sector has experienced a series of high-profile insolvencies affecting clubs across multiple disciplines, including football, rugby and Formula 1. The standout example in football is Sheffield Wednesday, which entered administration in October 2025, triggering an automatic 12-point penalty in the Championship. PREM Rugby in England is now comprised of ten teams only after London Irish, Wasps and Worcester all went out of business during the 2022–23 season. In English cricket, both Middlesex County Cricket Club and Sussex County Cricket Club have been placed under England and Wales Cricket Board special measures

Practice Area

Panel

  • Contributing Author

Qualified Year

  • 2005

Membership

  • The Law Society of England and Wales

Qualifications

  • Law with European Law (LLB) (2002)
  • Legal Practice Course (2003)

Education

  • University of Warwick (1998-2002)
  • Nottingham Law School (2002-2003)
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