Cathryn Williams
Overview
Cathryn Williams is a restructuring partner in Crowell & Moring's London office. Cathryn has spent many years in the restructuring and insolvency space, with particular experience in the asset-based lending sector. Her clients include banks, financiers, insolvency practitioners, officeholders, corporations, boards of directors, and distressed lenders in all aspects of noncontentious and contentious insolvency, restructuring, fraud, and asset recoveries.
Career & Education
- University of Reading, LL.B., 1989
- College of Law, Guildford, Law Society Finals, 1990
- England and Wales
Cathryn'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 | 07.21.26
Woodville Forced Into Administration As Finance Claims Frozen
Firm News | 1 min read | 07.03.25
Crowell & Moring U.K. LLP Appointed to U.K. Charity Commission Interim Managers List
Representative Matters
- Acting in the administration and sale of an iconic high street clothing manufacturer and retailer.
- Acting in the highly contested administration applications in a care home group of over 40 companies; acting for the administrators and liquidators of those companies in realizing 25 properties.
- Acting for a lender in a significant and lengthy restructuring of an international waste-to-energy and clean hydrogen-producing group.
- Acted for the financier of a national transport and logistics group, including advising on licensing issues and applying for administration orders in relation to each group company.
- Acted for the purchaser of legal services from the administrator of a legal services provider.
- Acted in the administration and sale of a variety of high street retailers operating throughout the United Kingdom, Ireland, Malaysia, and Eastern Europe.
- Acted for the lender in the sale of the debt and underlying security of a large international retailer to a distressed investor.
- Advising the boards of private companies and public limited companies on insolvency and restructuring issues.
- Dealing with preference, undervalue, and misfeasance as well as wrongful and fraudulent trading actions on behalf of officeholders.
Cathryn'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 | 07.21.26
Woodville Forced Into Administration As Finance Claims Frozen
Firm News | 1 min read | 07.03.25
Crowell & Moring U.K. LLP Appointed to U.K. Charity Commission Interim Managers List
Insights
Scam Investment Schemes: All That Glitters Should Not Be Sold
|08.01.20
ThoughtLeaders4 FIRE Magazine, Issue 2
New UK Sanctions Reporting Duties for Insolvency Practitioners and Other Professionals
|06.05.25
Crowell & Moring’s International Trade Law
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
Breathing space for individuals facing debt issues
|06.24.19
Crowell & Moring's Restructuring Matters
Cathryn'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 | 07.21.26
Woodville Forced Into Administration As Finance Claims Frozen
Firm News | 1 min read | 07.03.25
Crowell & Moring U.K. LLP Appointed to U.K. Charity Commission Interim Managers List
