Bird & Bird LLP
Client SatisfactionAlthough it does handle some creditor and company-side work, the 'very experienced and client-centric' team at Bird & Bird LLP is perhaps best-known for its advice to office holders on insolvencies, where it adds value on the contentious and non-contentious front in matters occurring in firmwide areas of sector strength, including technology, financial services, aviation and retail. 'Outstanding' team head Joss Hargrave takes the lead on the highest-profile work and is noted for his 'commercial and user-friendly' approach.
Legal 500 Editorial commentary
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
- 'It is a very experienced, wide-ranging and client-centric team.'
- 'The outstanding Joss Hargrave is very bright, commercial and user-friendly.'
- 'Joss Hargrave is a very strong lawyer and easy to work collaboratively with. He also has a broad base of relevant experience with different situations to draw on.'
Key clients
- Begbies Traynor (Central) LLP
- FRP Advisory Trading Limited
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Arbuthnot Latham and CO. Limited
- Cork Gully LLP
- Oakley Capital Limited
- Opus Restructuring LLP
- ReSolve Advisory Limited
- Kreos Capital
- Kroll Advisory Ltd
Work highlights
- Advised insolvency practitioners of Begbies Traynor (Central) LLP, as the administrators of BetIndex Ltd (now in liquidation in Jersey), in relation to the largest insolvency in the gambling sector in the UK.
- Acting for members of Begbies Traynor (Central) LLP, in their capacity as the joint liquidators of a payroll company which was involved in a significant manpower fraud.
- Advising members of Opus Restructuring LLP, as the administrators of a construction firm, in relation to ongoing investigations into the business, affairs and dealings of the company, with a view to bringing claims against various parties, in light of a systematic fraud committed by them against the company.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Joss Hargrave