Carl Lever
Director
Director
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Carl is a Director based in our Leeds and Manchester offices. With a background in corporate insolvency and business restructuring, he has developed a specialism working with regulated financial services firms as they restructure and wind down. He is BTG’s National Engagement Lead with the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).
Carl has over 15 years’ experience working on UK and offshore insolvency and restructuring projects and has helped return over £1.1 billion of client monies and assets. He works closely with market infrastructure bodies, including the FCA, Financial Services Compensation Scheme, CREST and London Stock Exchange.
His experience includes working with asset managers, credit unions, crowd funders, e-money and payment institutions, insurance intermediaries and wealth managers.
Notably, Carl has worked on the special administration of three UK-based investment banks and has advised a listed forex firm prior to its entry into electronic money and payment institution special administration. His offshore experience includes dealing with the administration management of a Guernsey-based subsidiary of a Moscow-headquartered investment brokerage.
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