Our People

Alistair Bacon

Founding Principal

E : abacon@amblaw.co.uk T : 020 3651 5647 or 01473 276103 M : 07881 554062

Alistair Bacon is the founding principal and managing director of AMB Law Limited having set up the practice in May 2013.  He previously worked in a number of firms in the City and beyond. He was educated at Marlborough College, University of Westminster (LLB), University College London (LLM) and the College of Law. Alistair qualified as a solicitor in 1992 and as a licensed insolvency practitioner in 2000.   Alistair has thirty years’ experience in advising in all areas of insolvency and corporate recovery. He has acted for all classes of stakeholders including the boards of public and private companies, many British and foreign banks, building societies and other commercial lenders, licensed insolvency practitioners, directors of insolvent companies, secured and unsecured creditors and individuals in financial distress. Alistair lives on the Suffolk coast. In his spare time he enjoys cooking and, when time permits, road cycling, golf, tennis and shooting.

Matthew Rice

Solicitor

E : mrice@amblaw.co.uk T : 020 3651 5704 or 01473 276181

Matthew is a contentious lawyer with several years’ experience gained with a major firm with multiple offices nationally and globally.  Matthew gained a first in law at Nottingham Law School and a distinction in the LPC from the University of Law.

Matthew joined AMB Law in June 2018 and works across all departments assisting primarily with commercial litigation, insolvency and commercial property.

Stephen Carter

Consultant Solicitor

E : scarter@amblaw.co.uk T : 020 7329 4242

Stephen Carter is a solicitor and head of the firm’s Commercial Property practice. Stephen has nearly thirty-five years’ experience in all areas of commercial property including property finance and property insolvency. Stephen regularly acts for developers, financiers and other property professionals and has particular expertise in advising LPA receivers in relation to appointments over commercial property portfolios. Stephen gained much of his early experience in the London and Hong Kong offices of Stephenson Harwood and Watson Farley & Williams.   Stephen was a partner at Alan Taylor & Co in London and has acted as a property consultant to a number of law firms in the City. In his spare time, Stephen is a family man and a keen sportsman – particularly as a tennis player.