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The Boutique Lawyer Show: Navigating the clawback of fees by liquidators
In the wake of increased insolvencies across the market, particularly in sectors like construction, preferred creditors like legal service providers may see fees paid to them clawed back by liquidators. Here, we discuss the potential impacts on legal businesses and how best to safeguard your firm moving forward.
Robyn Tongol
In this episode of The Boutique Lawyer Show, host Jerome Doraisamy is joined by MA Legal senior associate Cristian Urdea to discuss the increased volume of insolvencies in the market, the flow-on effect of clawing back fees, why lawyers are preferred creditors, and the inherent risks with providing legal services to companies that may be at risk of insolvency.
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Urdea also delves into the potential consequences for firms that may be worried about their bottom line, the “growing general understanding” of the impact of liquidators looking to claw back fees, out-of-pocket disbursements to barristers, putting in place practical steps to safeguard one’s firm, ensuring debts are secured, and why firm owners need to better concern themselves with such financial security questions.
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