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Pei-Jui (Philippa) Lai

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Overview

Philippa Lai is a counsel in Crowell & Moring’s Bankruptcy, Restructuring, and Insolvency Practice in the firm’s London office. She has experience in both contentious and non-contentious matters, acting for corporates, insolvency practitioners, financiers, litigation funders, creditors, and private individuals (including company directors).

Philippa also has experience in real estate and property litigation, which she brings to the various property issues that arise in restructuring and insolvency cases.

She also speaks fluent Mandarin Chinese.

Career & Education

    • University College London, B.Sc. (Hons), molecular biology, 2012
    • University of Law, London, Graduate Diploma in Law, 2013
    • University of Law, London, LPC, 2014
    • University College London, B.Sc. (Hons), molecular biology, 2012
    • University of Law, London, Graduate Diploma in Law, 2013
    • University of Law, London, LPC, 2014

    • England and Wales
    • England and Wales

  • Professional Activities and Memberships

    • Member of R3 Association of Business Recovery Professionals
    • Member of R3’s New Professionals Committee (London and South East Region)

    Professional Activities and Memberships

    • Member of R3 Association of Business Recovery Professionals
    • Member of R3’s New Professionals Committee (London and South East Region)

    • Mandarin
    • Mandarin

Pei-Jui (Philippa)'s Insights

Firm News | 2 min read | 07.29.26

ICYMI: Crowell’s London R&I Team Appointed by Kroll Advisory in Bankruptcy of £330M Woodville Litigation Fund

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. ...

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Representative Matters

  • Acting for the buyer in the restructuring of a technology company.
  • Acting for an administrator in obtaining an order for possession and sale of property within the High Court of Justice, Insolvency and Companies List, Urgent Interim Applications Court (which bypassed the traditional and lengthier County Court possession route).
  • Acting for administrators in obtaining administration orders with retrospective effect and the extension of such administrations, on the basis that the previous extensions were invalid.
  • Acting for a liquidator in a wrongful trading claim against a director, involving the company’s participation in missing trader fraud schemes.
  • Acting for a liquidator in a misfeasance claim against a director and shadow/de facto directors of a healthcare company for breach of statutory and fiduciary duties.
  • Acting for a liquidator in a misfeasance claim against former administrators.
  • Acting for a group of private individuals in the enforcement of judgment on a £400 million Ponzi scheme.
  • Acting for a lender in pursuing £4.5 million debts under personal guarantees.
  • Advising the office holder of a celebrity bankrupt on various insolvency issues.
  • Acting for a litigation funder in committal proceedings against two former directors following their breach of a worldwide freezing injunction order.

Pei-Jui (Philippa)'s Insights

Firm News | 2 min read | 07.29.26

ICYMI: Crowell’s London R&I Team Appointed by Kroll Advisory in Bankruptcy of £330M Woodville Litigation Fund

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. ...

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Pei-Jui (Philippa)'s Insights

Firm News | 2 min read | 07.29.26

ICYMI: Crowell’s London R&I Team Appointed by Kroll Advisory in Bankruptcy of £330M Woodville Litigation Fund

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. ...

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