Jim qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1987. He is one of Ireland’s leading Corporate Recovery and Insolvency specialists.
Whilst training, he obtained Insolvency experience on several assignments. Upon qualifying, he moved to New York and joined Spicer & Oppenheim. During his 2 years with Spicer & Oppenheim, he had experience with Chapter 7 and Chapter 11 bankruptcy procedures.
In 1989 he joined Cork Gully, the insolvency practice of Coopers & Lybrand (now PWC) in London. He spent five years in London specialising in Corporate Recovery and Insolvency. He returned to Ireland in 1994 and established Friel Stafford.
He is chairman of the Representation Committee of The Irish Society of Insolvency Practitioners & member of the Fellows committee of the Irish Institute of Credit Management. He is authorised to act as a Personal Insolvency Practitioner by the Insolvency Service of Ireland.
