Insolvency can disrupt even the most well-structured IP arrangements. This webinar will equip you with the insights and strategies needed to safeguard, acquire, or realise value from intellectual property in insolvency situations.
We will dive into the practical realities of how insolvency affects intellectual property. You will gain a clear understanding of the stages businesses go through as they approach formal insolvency and how these processes impact IP rights.
You'll go on to understand how to evaluate the risks and benefits of acquiring or realising IP assets from an insolvent business and develop strategies to protect your clients’ licensing agreements and IP interests.
Take your expertise to the next level. Register today to be part of this vital session.
This webinar supports skill set 3.8 insolvency and bona vacantia of the Advanced Competency Framework.
Learning outcomes
- Gain a clear understanding of insolvency processes and their impact on IP rights.
- Learn how to assess opportunities to acquire or realise IP assets during insolvency.
- Discover practical strategies to protect licensing agreements and your clients’ IP interests.
Meet your speakers
David Forte, Foot Anstey
David is an Associate in the Foot Anstey restructuring and insolvency team. He has experience advising on general insolvency matters, and in particular on administrator appointments, settlement agreements, and directors’ duties.
David also has particular experience advising directors in respect of their duties and procedural obligations when re-using company names under Section 216 of the Insolvency Act 1986.
Tim Pritchard, Foot Anstey
Tim is a member of the Foot Anstey restructuring and insolvency team and provides advisory support to a broad range of businesses, directors, financial institutions and insolvency practitioners. Increasingly Tim advises distressed corporates and their directors in relation to their statutory duties, supporting them as they make ongoing decisions in respect of trading, investments and asset disposals.
As a result of a secondment with a High Street Clearing Bank, Tim has significant experience in providing advice to financial institutions in respect of their stressed and distressed portfolios, covering new lending, security structures and enforcement. He also works with lenders and investors operating in the distressed debt sector. Another highlight has been advising five of the small number of investment firms to enter into special administration following the introduction of the specialist procedure as a result of the collapse of Lehman Brothers – Tim is one of a limited number of lawyers with significant experience in this area.
Cost
- Member £0 (VAT exempt)
- Standard £35 (VAT exempt)
To note
- Payment online via debit or credit card only; proforma invoices are not available.
- Full terms and conditions apply.
- Closing date: 12.30pm, Wednesday 12th March 2025
