Ben Rhodes

Experience

Ben is a Chartered Accountant, UK qualified and licensed Insolvency Practitioner, and Fellow of INSOL International. He has worked in the areas of insolvency, restructuring and forensic investigations since 2003, beginning his career in London before moving to the Channel Islands in 2012. In that time, Ben has helped countless directors, creditors and other stakeholders in insolvency and restructuring related matters. Ben regularly takes contentious and non-contentious appointments as Liquidator or Administrator, in Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney; plus other offshore jurisdictions in conjunction with Grant Thornton International. Ben has sat on the main committee of the Guernsey Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) since 2019.

Ben’s experience includes a 12-month secondment to the London head office of a UK clearing Bank, working within their restructuring department; and a secondment to the States of Guernsey where he advised on the proposed reform of Guernsey’s insolvency law. He continues to advise the States on this area and has sat on the Guernsey Insolvency Rules Committee since 2020.

Ben is an Executive Member of the Association of Restructuring and Insolvency Experts (ARIES), the Channel Islands chapter of INSOL International, and also sits on the ARIES Legal & Regulatory Committee. Ben has acted as a lecturer for the INSOL International Foundation Certificate in international insolvency.

Sector experience

• Solvent liquidations of corporate group structures, GPs, LPs and individual companies, including property and other SPVs.
• Contentious insolvency appointments entailing recovery actions for the benefit of creditors.
• Forensic investigations and recovery action, locally and internationally, in relation to suspected fraud and antecedent transactions. This includes appearing as an Expert Witness in Court proceedings.