Paul Muscutt
Overview
An experienced bankruptcy and restructuring lawyer, Paul Muscutt’s practice covers all aspects of contentious and noncontentious insolvency, with specific expertise in cross border complex fraud and asset recovery cases and investigations. Paul acts for financial institutions, asset based lenders, private equity and high net worth investors, insolvency practitioners, directors, and corporate clients.
Career & Education
- University of Plymouth, LL.B., 1998
- College of Law, Guildford, LPC, 1999
- England and Wales
Paul's Insights
Firm News | 2 min read | 07.29.26
London – July 29, 2026: Crowell & Moring's London Restructuring and Insolvency team has been appointed by Kroll Advisory in the administration of Woodville Consultants Limited (trading as Woodville Litigation Funding), a motor finance litigation funder with an estimated £330m loan book and more than 300,000 claims under its belt. The team first acted for a group of investors in successfully securing a contested administration order from the High Court and has since been retained by Kroll to assist in the wider administration process. Woodville's collapse is the latest sign of mounting stress in the litigation funding market, driven by the FCA's ongoing motor finance redress process and the resulting uncertainty over the timing and quantum of claims.
Press Coverage | 07.26.26
Woodville Litigation Funding Enters Administration With £249 Million Loan Book
Press Coverage | 07.24.26
Press Coverage | 07.24.26
Representative Matters
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Acting for the joint administrators of the Carlauren Group in relation to a £90M fractional ownership collective investment scheme operated fraudulently as a ponzi scheme.
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Acting for the Kroll Advisory as joint administrators of the 79th Group, a £200M international complex investment scheme and suspected fraud.Secondments to the restructuring teams of large financial institutions.
- Acting for a foreign liquidator in a reported case of cross-border insolvency regulations in relation to a large shipping arbitration dispute.
- Advising financial institutions on the complex restructuring of a leading manufacturer of beds in Europe, Russia, and Asia.
- Advising a bank on the £110 million restructuring of a coal mine.
- Advising a financier on the $1.5 billion restructuring of one of the world’s largest independent steel traders.
- Advising the board of a premier UK football club on potential insolvency issues.
- Representing companies in relation to the restructuring of a £15 million turnover business specializing in flexible office space solutions.
- Acting for bankruptcy trustees in the tracing and recovery of assets following a £16 million fraud.
- Advising a U.S. private equity investment firm on the acquisition of a European airline.
- Representing creditors on a creditors’ committee in the administration of a failed FSA-regulated derivatives broker.
- Representing a company in the trading administration of a theme park and a £35 million investment.
- Representing the administration of an online fashion retailer.
- Acting for the administrators of a global provider of interactive entertainment products in the gaming industry.
- Acting as administrator in the administration of the UK’s largest online retailer of products for home and garden.
- Advising on a cross-border real estate restructuring matter for £150 million.
- Representing a syndicated lender in the restructuring of a leading wholesaler.
Paul's Insights
Firm News | 2 min read | 07.29.26
London – July 29, 2026: Crowell & Moring's London Restructuring and Insolvency team has been appointed by Kroll Advisory in the administration of Woodville Consultants Limited (trading as Woodville Litigation Funding), a motor finance litigation funder with an estimated £330m loan book and more than 300,000 claims under its belt. The team first acted for a group of investors in successfully securing a contested administration order from the High Court and has since been retained by Kroll to assist in the wider administration process. Woodville's collapse is the latest sign of mounting stress in the litigation funding market, driven by the FCA's ongoing motor finance redress process and the resulting uncertainty over the timing and quantum of claims.
Press Coverage | 07.26.26
Woodville Litigation Funding Enters Administration With £249 Million Loan Book
Press Coverage | 07.24.26
Press Coverage | 07.24.26
Insights
The Rise Of Technology: Using Section 236 In The Digital Era (UK)
|07.16.25
The Journal of Bankruptcy Law
Scam Investment Schemes: All That Glitters Should Not Be Sold
|08.01.20
ThoughtLeaders4 FIRE Magazine, Issue 2
Woodville Litigation Funding Enters Administration With £249 Million Loan Book
|07.26.26
Insolvency Insider UK
New UK Regulations Enhance Insolvency Practitioners’ Access to Data held by Companies House
|01.28.25
Crowell & Moring’s Restructuring Matters
Foreign Debtors and Chapter 11 – Seeking Relief from Turbulent Skies
|02.15.22
Crowell & Moring’s Restructuring Matters
The Return of Crown Preference – Another blow for Floating Charge Holders
|09.21.20
Crowell & Moring’s Restructuring Matters
All change – wide-ranging reforms to UK Insolvency Law
|07.13.20
Crowell & Moring’s Restructuring Matters
The Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act: The Moratorium and just how “super” is Super Priority?
|07.13.20
Crowell & Moring’s Restructuring Matters
Restructuring Capabilities to Combat the Impact of COVID-19
|04.02.20
Crowell & Moring’s Restructuring Matters
Disguised Remuneration Schemes and the Loan Charge
|05.10.19
Crowell & Moring's Restructuring Matters
Paul's Insights
Firm News | 2 min read | 07.29.26
London – July 29, 2026: Crowell & Moring's London Restructuring and Insolvency team has been appointed by Kroll Advisory in the administration of Woodville Consultants Limited (trading as Woodville Litigation Funding), a motor finance litigation funder with an estimated £330m loan book and more than 300,000 claims under its belt. The team first acted for a group of investors in successfully securing a contested administration order from the High Court and has since been retained by Kroll to assist in the wider administration process. Woodville's collapse is the latest sign of mounting stress in the litigation funding market, driven by the FCA's ongoing motor finance redress process and the resulting uncertainty over the timing and quantum of claims.
Press Coverage | 07.26.26
Woodville Litigation Funding Enters Administration With £249 Million Loan Book
Press Coverage | 07.24.26
Press Coverage | 07.24.26
