Richard Wolff
Richard is a Partner and Head of our Insolvency and Restructuring Team
Specialisms & Areas of Work
Legal 500
Biography
Richard qualified as a solicitor in 1997 and worked at Davies Arnold Cooper before moving to Halliwell Landau (later Halliwells) where he became a partner in 2003. After nearly 10 years at Halliwells, Richard moved to JMW to set up its insolvency practice and led the team there for over a decade.
Richard is a fellow of R3 (the Association of Business Recovery Professionals), the trade association for the UK's insolvency and restructuring sector.
Richard sat on R3's national council as North West regional representative for 10 years from 2012. He chaired its national membership committee for 4 years from 2018 and was R3 North West Regional chair from 2014 to 2017. Richard currently sits on both R3's national membership committee and its North West regional committee.
Richard has ranked in Insolvency Today's Power 100, a list of the UK's most influential insolvency professionals.
Client Feedback
Chambers UK Guide 2026
Richard Wolff heads Myerson's restructuring and insolvency department. He advises a diverse client base, including insolvency practitioners, on both corporate and personal insolvency matters.
Chambers UK Guide 2026
Richard is smart and easy to work with.
Chambers UK Guide 2026
Richard Wolff is available, proactive and gets on without too much requirement and input from us. We give him work and he gets on with it.
Chambers UK Guide 2026
Richard has a friendly and professional approach to matters, general attentiveness and an excellent depth of knowledge of the subject. He gives commercial and pragmatic advice.
Chambers UK Guide 2026
Richard has years of experience, which is always very helpful.
Chambers UK Guide 2026
Richard provides straightforward and practical advice to clients. He maintains very good contacts in the industry and has strong commercial awareness.
Legal 500, 2027
Richard Wolff is a strategic mastermind with many years of top-level experience in insolvency disputes and transactions, and is greatly respected by his peers. He is also a joy to work with. Vicky Biggs has a busy and successful contentious insolvency practice and brings significant pragmatism and expertise to all her cases.
Recent Experience
Richard has worked on a number of high profile matters including acting for the administrators of Allsports and also TVR.
My career highlight to date would probably be acting for N Brown Group on the acquisition out of administration of the business and assets of High & Mighty, the well known outsize gentleman's retailer, which saved 14 of the chain's 23 UK stores, preserving the jobs of many employees.
Awards & Rankings
Legal 500 — Leading Partner
2027
Chambers and Partners UK Guide — Band 3 - Restructuring/Insolvency
2027
Legal 500 — Leading Partner
2026Memberships
- Member of R3 Association of Business Recovery Professionals
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