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Cathryn Williams

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Areas of Focus

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.

Cathryn has deep experience in all aspects of restructuring, formal insolvencies, insolvent business sales and purchases, and insolvency litigation. She has dealt with businesses in a wide variety of sectors, including retail, manufacturing, technology, construction, food and beverage, and film and television production. Over her career, Cathryn has worked on a number of high-profile matters, including BCCI, Enron, Claims Direct, and a number of well-known high street retailers. She is also recommended in The Legal 500 UK in the area of asset-based lending.

Career & Education

    • University of Reading, LL.B., 1989
    • College of Law, Guildford, Law Society Finals, 1990
    • University of Reading, LL.B., 1989
    • College of Law, Guildford, Law Society Finals, 1990

    • England and Wales
    • England and Wales

Cathryn's Insights

Firm News | 2 min read | 07.03.25

Crowell & Moring U.K. LLP Appointed to U.K. Charity Commission Interim Managers List

Crowell & Moring announced today that four team members of its London office have been approved by The U.K. Charity Commission as practitioners considered for future Interim Manager appointments.  

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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 | 07.03.25

Crowell & Moring U.K. LLP Appointed to U.K. Charity Commission Interim Managers List

Crowell & Moring announced today that four team members of its London office have been approved by The U.K. Charity Commission as practitioners considered for future Interim Manager appointments.  

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Insights

Firm News | 2 min read | 07.03.25

Crowell & Moring U.K. LLP Appointed to U.K. Charity Commission Interim Managers List

Blog Post | 06.05.25

New UK Sanctions Reporting Duties for Insolvency Practitioners and Other Professionals

Blog Post | 01.28.25

New UK Regulations Enhance Insolvency Practitioners’ Access to Data held by Companies House

Publication | 03.20.24

Boiler-Plate Constitutions Rarely Fit For Purpose In Financial Failure

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