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.
Hollie Leckie
Partner
E : hleckie@amblaw.co.uk T : 020 3651 5704
Hollie Leckie qualified as a solicitor in 2013 having completed her training with a leading regional practice. Hollie obtained a first class degree in Law with American Law coming top of her year at the University of East Anglia. Upon qualification Hollie moved to private practice in the City of London.
Hollie is a commercial property lawyer with a particular specialism in commercial development work. She has worked on a wide range of commercial and residential developments including housing estates, retail parks and industrial estates. Hollie also has a wide experience of general commercial property work and handles all the firm’s existing property and LPA receivership matters as well as maintaing her own practice.
Away from work, Hollie lives in East Anglia and is a devoted mother to two small children.
Lyndsey Squirrell
Partner
E : lsquirrell@amblaw.co.uk T : 020 3651 5646 M : 07907 895194
Lyndsey joined AMB Law as a partner in November 2025 from a leading regional law firm. She currently works from the firm’s London office where she specialises in corporate and personal insolvency with a particular expertise in contentious matters. Lyndsey also handles the firm’s debt recovery and general litigation practice particularly in relation to financial services including personal guarantees and loan agreements. Lyndsey regularly acts for a broad church of clients including licensed insolvency practitioners, lenders, corporates, directors and individuals.
Lyndsey read law at the University of Reading and subsequently obtained a Masters’ degree from the University of Law. She qualified as a solicitor in 2017 and subsequently obtained the Certificate of Proficiency in Insolvency with a distinction. Lyndsey is a member of R3, the Association of Business Recovery Professionals and the Insolvency Practitioners’ Association.
Away from the office, Lyndsey is an avid traveller and fitness enthusiast. She lives in Ipswich with her family and, outside work, is a devoted mother to her toddler son.
Stephen Carter
E : scarter@amblaw.co.uk T : 020 7329 4242
Stephen Carter was a solicitor for forty years until his retirement in November 2025. Stephen had an unparalleled experience in all areas of commercial property including property finance and property insolvency. Stephen remains a family man and now divides his time between family commitments in England and Australia.
Any queries regardings Stephen’s practice shoud be addressed to Hollie Leckie.
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We can navigate you through the tough period of insolvency to a successful conclusion. Our clients include SMEs and their directors, banks, building societies, and insolvency professionals.
CONTACT USClients’ testimonials
“Many thanks Alistair; great work. I shall recommend your services whenever possible. It is a pleasure working with you.”
“AMB Law are prompt and responsive and they get results. We appreciate their no-nonsense, practical advice.”
“We felt like we were Alistair’s most important client and he showed a level of commerciality and realism that ensured we navigated the grey zone of insolvency lawfully and to a successful conclusion.”
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