Andy Pear

Andy Pear is a partner at Moorfields Advisory Limited, an English firm that helps businesses navigate change, uncertainty and financial distress. Moorfields describes its role in plain terms: to provide clear, commercial advice, practical support and a steady hand at moments when the stakes for a business and its stakeholders are highest. That focus on tailored restructuring, recovery and commercial finance solutions underpins the firm's recognition as Corporate Recovery Advisory Firm of the Year in England at the Corporate INTL Global Awards 2026.

A specialist in corporate recovery and restructuring

Corporate recovery is a discipline that sits at the intersection of law, finance and commercial judgement. When a company faces cashflow pressure, creditor claims, covenant breaches or the prospect of insolvency, the choices made in the early stages often determine whether value can be preserved and whether a viable business can be rescued. Moorfields positions itself precisely at that point, working with directors, lenders and other stakeholders to assess the options and to implement the most appropriate response. As a partner in the practice, Andy Pear is closely involved in this advisory work and is appointed to formal insolvency and recovery roles, including as a joint office-holder on administration and liquidation matters.

A broad and integrated service offering

What distinguishes Moorfields is the breadth of the toolkit it can bring to a distressed or transitional situation. The firm's insolvency and recovery work spans administration, creditors' voluntary liquidation, compulsory liquidation, company voluntary arrangements, LPA receiverships, members' voluntary liquidation and personal insolvency. Alongside these formal procedures sits a substantial restructuring practice, offering:

• Contingency planning and strategic reviews
• Corporate simplification and debt restructuring
• Independent business reviews and pre-lend reviews
• Lender and creditor advisory
• Optimised exit planning

The firm complements this with financial advisory services including cashflow management, special situations, stakeholder management and turnaround and interim support, together with a commercial finance capability covering asset based lending, invoice finance, bridging, mezzanine, trade, stock and start-up finance. A dedicated real estate stream addresses commercial landlord advisory, development finance workout solutions, insolvent property disposals, property asset recovery and real estate restructuring.

This integrated model matters because corporate distress is rarely a single-issue problem. A company under pressure may simultaneously need a refinancing, a renegotiation with creditors, a review of its property portfolio and, in some cases, a formal insolvency process. By keeping restructuring, recovery, financial advisory, real estate and commercial finance capabilities under one roof, Moorfields can move between advice and implementation without the delays and hand-offs that can erode value in a fast-moving situation.

Advising stakeholders in England

Operating in England, Moorfields advises directors, lenders and creditors within one of the world's most developed and closely regulated restructuring and insolvency regimes. English insolvency procedures are widely used and respected internationally, and practitioners such as Andy Pear are entrusted with statutory duties that require independence, technical rigour and commercial sensitivity in equal measure. The firm's emphasis on being a steady hand reflects the reality that behind every restructuring or recovery mandate are employees, suppliers, funders and owners whose interests must be carefully balanced.

Timely, expert advice is often the difference between a business that survives and one that does not, and the discipline of corporate recovery rewards early engagement. Moorfields' combination of insolvency office-holders, restructuring specialists and finance professionals is designed to give directors and lenders a single point of contact as a situation develops, whether the outcome is a rescue, a refinancing, a solvent reorganisation or an orderly wind-down. For Andy Pear, that means bringing both technical rigour and commercial pragmatism to each appointment he takes on.

For businesses and their funders facing turnaround, refinancing, restructuring or insolvency questions in England, Andy Pear and Moorfields Advisory Limited offer commercial, practical and integrated support across the full corporate recovery lifecycle. The firm's recognition as Corporate Recovery Advisory Firm of the Year in England at the Corporate INTL Global Awards 2026 reflects that dedicated, stakeholder-focused approach.