Lambert Smith Hampton (LSH) has appointed Abbie Hickman as an Associate Director within their Machinery and Business Asset division where Hickman will focus on growing LSH’s asset disposal and valuation presence across the North of England. 

Based out of LSH’s Sheffield office, Abbie will be part of part of LSH’s Northern Machinery and Business Assets team led by their National Head of Asset Advisory Michael Booth where she will be primed to service the firm’s growing mandates in Restructuring & Insolvency assignments, specialising in Plant & Machinery, Inventory Valuations and Disposals.

Having previously worked for LSH as a Senior Valuer, Abbie has spent the past two years at Eddisons working on asset disposals and auctions. Whilst at Eddison and in her previous spell at LSH, Abbie has acted for a wide range of insolvency practitioners, banks and lenders where she has provided Plant & Machinery valuation and sale advice on all classes of industrial business assets and sectors.

Abbie Hickman, Associate Director at LSH said:

“It’s great to be back working in the Asset Advisory team at LSH. I look forward to applying the knowledge and experience I have gained to further grow our Restructuring & Insolvency offering across the region and I look forward to working with and strengthening our relationships with our existing clients.”

Michael Booth, National Head of Machinery and Business Assets at LSH commented:

“We are glad to see a returning colleague join us in the Asset Advisory team to work on instructions in the North of England. Abbie’s market experience and knowledge of insolvency procedures will be of great value to us, the wider company as a whole and to our existing client base. It gives me great pleasure to welcome Abbie back and coupled with her deep understanding of the business, Abbie is well placed to hit the ground running and develop our offering across the region.”

LSH’s Asset Advisory team consists of over 30 professionals across the United Kingdom and is one of the UK’s largest Restructuring & Insolvency advisors, acting on behalf of clients that include commercial banks, asset-based lender and insolvency practitioners.