Moves and Promotions — Week of 5 January, 2026

James Moore has joined Norton Rose Fulbright in London as a Restructuring & Insolvency Partner. James was previously with DWF. Read more.

Will Ranson has joined FRP Advisory‘s Restructuring Advisory - Contingency Planning team. Will was previously with S&W.

Heather Bamforth has joined Opus’ Restructuring team in Manchester as a Director focused on Advisory and Turnaround. Heather was previously with KPMG. Read more.

Laura Prescott has joined Waterfold Asset Management as Head of Insolvency. Laura was previously with JT Maxwell.

Michala Curran has joined Voscap Business Recovery as a Senior Insolvency Administrator. Michala was previously with AD Business Recovery.

Ryan Doherty has joined McCambridge Duffy in Derry City and Strabane as an Insolvency Administrator.

Jake Stanley has joined FTI Consulting in Manchester as a Corporate Finance and Restructuring Consultant. Jake was previously with EY.

Ryan Butler has joined Muckle as a Restructuring and Insolvency Solicitor. Ryan was previously with Leonard Curtis.

Naomi Parmar has been promoted to Partner (Restructuring and Special Situations) at Hogan Lovells.

Ben Ward has been promoted to Partner at Mayer Brown’s Restructuring team in London. Read more.

Alyson Richards has been promoted to Director within Quantuma’s Restructuring & Insolvency team. Read more.

Jonathan Heaton has been promoted to Restructuring Director at Shawbrook.

PKF Smith Cooper’s Business Recovery and Restructuring team has promoted Kieran Marshall to Senior Manager and Keith Wilson to Manager. Read more.

Freya Small has been promoted to Assistant Manager, Insolvency and Asset Recovery at Grant Thornton.

James Armshaw has started a new position as Counsel - Restructuring, Capital Solutions & Private Credit at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton.