The following question was published in the Financial Times on 23 July 2011 and answered by Richard Curtin, a lawyer in the London office of Faegre & Benson LLP.

I run a food and drinks company supplying products to football clubs.  But we recently heard that one of the clubs we supply will probably go into liquidation very soon and we are concerned that we may not receive the money we're owed by it. Is there any action we can take now to make sure we are credited if and when the club becomes insolvent?