Lockdown has only served to increase already strained relationships between tenants and landlords and so as the retail sector starts to re-emerge from lockdown with rent quarter looming, what should those tenants do?
On Friday 19th June we will be holding a live panel discussion with leading advisers to the high street to explore this issue. Our panel will provide insight and practical solutions to assist those retailers getting back to business looking at:
- What steps tenants should be taking to address and resolve landlord tensions to aid the bounce back of the high street
- What the implications are for landlords and tenants if tensions continue, amongst other key considerations as we move in to the new normal.
- The new insolvency regimes and the impact on leases
- …and many other topical points
Join us for what promises to be an engaging and insightful discussion in to one of the key challenges facing the retail, food and drink sector.
Our speakers
Andrew Andronikou, Partner, Quantuma (webinar chair)
Andrew has over 35 years’ experience in restructuring and insolvency and has undertaken both complex and high profile assignments in the UK and Cyprus. He also leads our retail sector team.
Formerly with Baker Tilly, Andrew joined UHY Hacker Young in 2000 where he became a recovery Partner and subsequently head of department. During that time, he undertook a wide range of appointments such as administrator of Portsmouth football club, the receiverships of FBME Limited and the reconstruction of the largest supermarket chain in Cyprus.
Andrew is licensed to act as an Insolvency Practitioner in the United Kingdom by the Insolvency Practitioners Association and is also a Chartered Accountant.
Brian Burke, Director, Quantuma (panel)
Brian is a director in the firm’s restructuring team and is also an integral part of the Brighton office management team. He is an appointment-taking insolvency practitioner and has been advising the management and stakeholders of owner-managed mid-market businesses for over 10 years.
Brian has extensive experience of working with a large number of individuals and businesses across a wide range of industry sectors, and specialises in retail, food and beverage, property development and real estate. He also advises clients facing short-term and historic tax issues.
Vernon Dennis, Partner, Howard Kennedy (panel)
Vernon is a highly experienced specialist in business transformation with over 25 years’ experience designing and implementing financial recovery and restructuring plans for business clients. Vernon is Head of the Business Recovery and Reconstruction group at Howard Kennedy.
Known for his technical expertise, but for making the complex, straightforward, Vernon advises insolvency practitioners, creditors, and debtors on a wide range of corporate recovery, reconstruction, and business rescue issues, both domestically and cross-border. He specialises in strategic and advisory support for company boards when planning programmes of business turnaround, restructuring, or transformation. He has extensive experience in retail and restaurant distress, property portfolio restructuring, and cases known for their technical complexity.
Vernon is a Fellow of R3 (The Association of Business Recovery Professionals). A regular lecturer and commentator on insolvency, he is author of The New Law of Insolvency (2003), Insolvency Law Handbook (1st Ed 2005; 2nd Ed 2007 and 3rd Ed 2013), Administration (2010), Liquidation (2011), and Bankruptcy (2012). These have all been published by The Law Society. He is currently working on a 4th edition of the Handbook.
David Abramson, CEO, Cedar Dean Group
David Abramson Is Founder and CEO of Cedar Dean, the UK’s Leading commercial property restructuring specialist. David is also founder and chairman of CDG leisure, a London-based property hospitality brokerage. With over 20 years of experience, David has a broad knowledge of corporate matters such as company structures and insolvency combined with wealth of property experience and bringing innovative solutions to a sector in need of reform.
Contributing Advisors
Myles CulmerDirector, BDO Advisory Services