Chris Lawton

Partner

Biography

Chris is a licensed Insolvency Practitioner, having qualified in 2019.

Chris has worked in the insolvency sector since 2007, dealing with Creditors’ Voluntary Liquidations, Administrations, Company Voluntary Arrangements and Members’ Voluntary Liquidations in the main, working alongside company directors in order to find the appropriate insolvency process to deal with a company's financial position.

Chris joined Begbies Traynor in 2016, having previously worked for Duff & Phelps, Leonard Curtis and other firms in the industry.

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Units 2 to 3 Winckley Court,
Chapel Street,, Preston, PR1 8BU

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BVI Governor joins Begbies to unveil $6,000 charity donation cheque

Daniel Pruce, Governor of the British Virgin Islands, was the guest of honour at the final charity quiz night sponsored by Begbies Traynor Group for VI Alzheimer’s Association on 9 April 2025. The BVI office of Begbies Traynor Group sponsored multiple charity nights over the first quarter of 2025 at Bamboushay Restaurant & Lounge in Tortola to raise essential, life-changing funds for the Alzheimer’s charity.

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What happens when a company goes into liquidation?

Liquidation is a process that closes a company down and removes it from Companies House; here we explain the processes for solvent and insolvent liquidation