Ian Barrett

Ian is a Partner in our Corporate Recovery team, and has 20 years’ restructuring experience, joining BDO from a Big Four firm where he was a Managing Director.  
Ian is a qualified Insolvency Practitioner, a Chartered Certified Accountant (ACCA), a member of Restructuring & Insolvency Ireland and sits on the ACCA SME Network panel in Ireland.

Services & Specialism

Ian has managed some of the largest restructuring engagements in Ireland across various types of appointments including Receiverships, Liquidations, Examinerships and SCARPs.

He has experience across a wide range of industries with particular focus on retail, construction, financial services, property, aviation, healthcare, motor retail and hospitality. Ian has significant experience managing businesses in receivership and liquidation, where the businesses continued to trade and were ultimately sold. He advises financial institutions and companies on suitable exit strategies to successfully exit insolvency processes.

He has advised various financial institutions and lenders on enforcement strategies and their implementation across a variety of borrowers. Ian also advises and represents lenders and borrowers on consensual debt restructuring agreements.

As part of his role as Liquidator, he conducts investigations into company failures and into the conduct of the directors of these companies. 

Ian has advised public and private clients on winding down their operations and hiving off parts of the business, overseeing the overall process.

Ian regularly presents at conferences and webinars for CAI, ACCA, Omnipro, and contributes to various media publications on restructuring matters.  

Reach out to Ian at ibarrett@bdo.ie or via the listed contact details for further support.