The ‘technically strong, entrepreneurial and dynamic’ team at Bird & Bird LLP provides ’cost-effective and responsive’ advice to officeholders, investors and creditors in restructuring situations within firmwide sector strengths including sports, financial services, energy and aviation. ‘Commercially astute’ team head Joss Hargrave provides ’commercial advice not just legal opinions’ and is a very popular choice among IPs in relation to UK mid-market insolvencies.
Legal 500 Editorial commentary
Testimonials
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- 'The team is hugely experienced but also bring buckets of commercial experience to help clients navigate complex situations to arrive at the right result with the minimum of fuss.'
- 'The team is very approachable and they talk sensibly without any resort to lawyer speak making their arguments cogent and concise.'
- 'Technically strong, entrepreneurial and dynamic.'
- 'Joss Hargrave is commercially astute and provides commercial advice not just legal opinions.'
- 'Joss Hargrave is an erudite witty and amusing lawyer who responds to sometimes difficult questions with a lot of humour but is willing to work extraordinary hours to get the job done.'
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
Lawyers
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Joss Hargrave