PLC Restructuring and Insolvency professional support team

Rebecca Catterson joined PLC in April 2010. She was previously a senior associate at Allen & Overy LLP, where she worked in the fields of restructuring and insolvency, and securitisation. Rebecca has significant experience advising institutional lenders and insolvency practitioners on domestic and international financings and workouts. Rebecca trained at Theodore Goddard (now known as Addleshaw Goddard) and is also a qualified attorney in the US (Illinois). Rebecca is currently a non-practising solicitor.

Avnish Chopra was called to the Bar of England and Wales in 2008 after completing the Bar Vocational Course at the College of Law. He was awarded the Inner Temple Major Scholarship and the Inner Temple Duke of Edinburgh Award in 2007. He has undertaken pro bono work at the College of Law Legal Advice Centre and is a trainee representative at the Free Representation Unit. Avnish joined PLC Finance as a paralegal in July 2008, and now works as a junior editor. He is currently a non-practising barrister.

Janet Currier qualified as a solicitor in 1998 having trained at CMS Cameron McKenna. On qualification Janet joined CMS Cameron McKenna's banking and international finance team, where she specialised in contentious corporate recovery and banking litigation. She joined PLC Dispute Resolution from CMS Cameron McKenna in February 2006. Janet is currently a non-practising solicitor.

Helen Hart joined PLC in 2008 from Stevens & Bolton, where she was a senior associate in the corporate and commercial department. She trained at Allen & Overy in London and Frankfurt and qualified in 1998. Between 1999 and 2005 she worked as in-house counsel for Centrica plc and then Palm Europe Limited. She is a member of the Society of Authors and the Society of Women Writers and Journalists and has an LLM in German law. Helen is currently a non-practising solicitor.

David Jacob trained at SJ Berwin and joined the tax department on qualification in 2003. He moved to Herbert Smith in 2005, where he advised on a wide range of corporate, finance and property transactions. In 2008, he joined McDermott Will & Emery, advising mainly on corporate and finance matters. David joined PLC in April 2010. David is currently a non-practising solicitor.

Nikki Martin trained at Clarke Willmott and joined their commercial property department on qualification in 2001. She then worked at Burges Salmon before moving to the real estate team at PinsentMasons. In 2005 Nikki joined Osborne Clarke where she acted for banks and financial institutions and specialised in advising administrators, liquidators and creditors on corporate and individual insolvency property issues. Nikki joined PLC in October 2008. Nikki is currently a non-practising solicitor.

Duncan Mawhinney specialises in personal and corporate insolvency. Duncan joined PLC as an editor in May 2011 having worked with insolvency practitioners at Grant Thornton, RSM Tenon, Lester Aldridge and The Insolvency Service. He is currently a non-practising solicitor.

Abigail Milburn is a former solicitor. She qualified in New Zealand in 1996 and in England in 2000. In England she worked at Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, before moving in 2001 to Bingham McCutchen, where she worked in the financial restructuring and finance teams. Abigail specialises in restructuring and insolvency. She joined PLC in August 2008 and is now a consultant editor to PLC Restructuring and Insolvency.

Elanne Pimstone trained at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and qualified into the corporate department in 1995. In 1997 she joined Harbottle & Lewis, where she specialised in employment law, dealing with predominantly non-contentious and advisory work for employers and individuals. As a senior associate in the employment group Elanne had responsibility for employment know-how and presented client seminars on matters ranging from the Working Time Regulations to family-friendly rights. Elanne is currently a non-practising solicitor.

David Rawson is head of PLC Restructuring and Insolvency. He joined PLC in January 2009, from the restructuring and insolvency team at Eversheds LLP. He specialises in all forms of insolvency appointment, both personal and corporate and contentious and non-contentious. Prior to joining Eversheds, he worked in the insolvency team at Hammonds LLP, where he trained and qualified. David is currently a non-practising solicitor.

David Ritchie graduated from the University of Sussex in 2008 with a law degree and went on to study the BVC part-time at BPP Law School. Whilst studying he qualified as an immigration adviser and undertook pro bono advice and representation for an immigration charity. He has also worked as a paralegal in the Indirect Tax Litigation department of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and as a legal officer for a small health and safety consultancy. David was called to the Bar in November 2010 and is currently a non-practising barrister. David joined PLC in May 2011 and is a paralegal for the Finance and Restructuring and Insolvency web services.

Michelle Rousell is a former solicitor. She trained at Cameron Markby Hewitt (now CMS Cameron McKenna) and then spent five years at Nabarro Nathanson (now Nabarro) before joining the construction and engineering team at Lewis Silkin in September 2000. She specialised in all aspects of construction and engineering disputes and worked for a wide range of clients - employers, contractors, specialist subcontractors and their insurers, registered social landlords and public bodies. Part of Michelle's time at Lewis Silkin was spent on secondment to the in-house legal team of an international mining company, where she was primarily engaged on an ADR scheme voluntarily established by the company. She is a member of the Society of Construction Law and joined PLC Construction in February 2008.

Rachel Brown joined PLC Pensions in July 2008 from the Pensions Regulator, where she was a solicitor in the corporate risk management department advising on regulatory matters. Rachel qualified in 2000 at Allen & Overy, where she advised trustees and employers on pensions issues before moving to the Pensions Regulator in 2005. Rachel is a member of the Association of Pension Lawyers. Rachel is currently a non-practising solicitor.