Steve Thomas

Steve’s practice is insolvency, commercial litigation and corporate restructuring.

Steve qualified in 1991 and is an Accredited Mediator in Civil and Commercial disputes (CEDR). More information about Steve’s mediation.

Steve has previously been a partner and Head of Corporate Recovery in Leeds at a top 100 law firm.

Steve has acted for insolvency practitioners, financial institutions, funders and also directors and shareholders in all types of financial disputes.

Steve’s practice has particular emphasis on asset recovery, guarantees and indemnities and directors liabilities including cross border insolvency and litigation in other jurisdictions.

Steve receives regular instructions from insolvency practitioners in respect of all matters including contentious and non-contentious insolvency, corporate or personal.

Steve also receives regular instructions from directors in respect of guarantees, and defending directors from disqualification and personal claims from HMRC.

Steve’s practice focuses on finding the best solution for the client in the most efficient way.

Steve is listed in the Legal 500 2023 directory, with comments including:

‘Steve Thomas and Anna Shaw are fantastic to work with. They are proactive, forward thinking experts in their field. They think outside the box and are both very personable people to work with.’

‘Steve Thomas and Anna Shaw offer practical and no nonsense advice to their clients.’

‘The practice has far reaching and variety of lawyers who are able to offer a whole host of services which is pretty impressive. The expertise in the ‘room’ is fantastic to see and is pretty much a one stop shop of some high calibre lawyers without the price tag of a magic circle firm.’

‘The team at Excello are approachable, friendly and extremely knowledgeable. They are able to pull together the expertise of all departments when required.’

‘They are a highly professional team that cover a number of legal disciplines. The billing is fair and geared to the resultant position.’