Unlike the directors of a Limited company, partners in a partnership have personal liability for all of the debts of the partnership business.
Where a partnership is insolvent there are a number of options for the partners to consider: -
Those options do not at first sight appear encouraging - Huge financial benefits can however be obtained by restructuring your partnership financial affairs in a pre planned way.
Purnells have acted in informal rescues and in formal Partnership Voluntary Arrangement's, Individual Voluntary Arrangement's and Administrations for firms of solicitors, chartered accountants, chartered surveyors, architects and other professional firms. This part of the website is written to explain the insolvency options open to professional partnerships and other partnerships. Click on each of the above partnership insolvency options to learn more.