Joanna Ford
CrippsActing in winding-up petitions, directors’ duties claims, general insolvency applications and corporate restructurings are among the core currencies of the ‘very commercial and practical’ insolvency team housed by Cripps. Practice head Joanna Ford is regarded as ’excellent’ and recognised for her work on both contentious and non-contentious high-value restructuring and insolvency matters. John Kirkwood has a particular focus on providing advice on selling and acquiring insolvent businesses and accelerated M&A transactions.
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Testimonials
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‘The team as a whole is very strong in both their insolvency technical knowledge and their practical experience. They have excellent relationships with insolvency practitioners which contributes to a brilliant real-world understanding of the market. As counsel, they are a joy to work with: technically strong but also friendly and collaborative.’
‘Tania Clench is excellent: very commercial and client-friendly. She is excellent at explaining the intricacies of insolvency law to clients in a user-friendly way. She is also great as an instructing solicitor - lovely manner, and great at keeping you up to date.'
- 'Joanna Ford is also excellent - super knowledge of the subject area and great at client handling.’
‘A highly personable team, committed to working collaboratively with the client's wider advisor team to achieve the right outcome for the client.’
‘Cripps' strength is that it provides a very high quality of advice/service while also being very personable. This allows for a strong working relationship and for a high level of trust to be built up.'
- 'Cripps are very commercial and practical with their advice and are flexible in the level of their engagement subject to the demands of each specific case. ’
‘Joanna Ford is a highly knowledgeable and experienced lawyer who always comes across in a professional and well prepared manner. Joanna's gravitas and measured approach quickly install's confidence in all stakeholders which facilitates the resolution of matters in an expedient manner.’
‘Technically possibly the best in their field. Very commercial and user friendly.’
Key clients
- Greenbox Recycling (Kent) Limited
- Leigh Harmer
- Chromalloy Gas Turbine LLC
- FRP Advisory Trading Limited
- Noksel Çelik Boru Sanayi A.S.
- Scotts Limited
- Priority Freight Holdings Limited
- Crowe U.K. LLP
- Easistore Holdings Limited
- Quantuma Advisory Limited
- BDO LLP
- Cadogan Estates Limited
- Leonard Curtis
- Leumi UK Group Limited
- MHA MacIntyre Hudson
- Opus Restructuring LLP
- SFP Restructuring Limited
Work highlights
- Acted for Greenbox Recycling Limited, a waste management company, and one of its directors defending a misfeasance claim estimated to be worth millions of pounds in the High Court, including a subsequent appeal in the Court of Appeal.
- Acted for Chromalloy Gas Turbine LLC in a cross-border group restructure to simplify the intercompany loans ahead of the sale of certain entities within the group to clear the debt structure of the selling entities.
- Acted for Leigh Harmer, the successful respondent director, in a contested court application for an administration order. This was a reported decision concerning who constitutes “the directors” for the purposes of a directors’ appointment.
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Joanna Ford