Caroline is a partner and Head of Corporate Restructuring in the Corporate and Commercial Team.

Heading our Corporate Restructuring Team, which has been described in the Legal 500 as “conscientious and technically excellent”, Caroline regularly acts for large group companies, insolvency practitioners, directors, shareholders and high net worth individuals on corporate restructurings and investment structuring.

Advising in both solvent and insolvent situations, Caroline has built a strong reputation for her quick, strategic thinking and her ability to use the law to give her clients the best solution / advantage. Calm under pressure, she is known for her clear advice, often in high stress and time pressurised situations, enabling her to provide accessible solutions for her clients, when they need it the most.

Caroline has a loyal following of clients, including international group companies, who consider her the “go to” person for their corporate restructuring work.

As part of her practice, Caroline is also noted as having particular expertise in advising charity clients on structuring and governance issues, from both a corporate and a charity law perspective.

Caroline has featured in publications in The In-House Lawyer and The Times

Caroline is a member of R3 (the Association of Business Recovery Professionals) and the Turnaround Management Association.

Legal 500

In Legal 500, Caroline is recognised for her corporate restructuring and insolvency work, as quoted below.

• “Caroline Cropley is an excellent and knowledgeable lawyer who takes the time to explain the matter to her clients. She is responsive and delivers perfectly tailored advice for her clients.”
• “Caroline Cropley is exactly what you’d hope… She ‘owns’ the account, she knows what needs to happen, when it needs to happen and how to get it done.”
• “Very knowledgeable’ team head Caroline Cropley has a growing reputation in the market and is noted for her ability to use the law ‘to give her clients the best solution/advantage’ ”
• “Caroline has excellent instincts and knowledge… easy and pleasant to deal with”.
• “Caroline Cropley is responsive and helpful and takes the time to consider the issues and offer exactly the right amount of guidance that is needed in each case”.
• “Caroline is very knowledgeable, very responsive and displays excellent project management”.
• “Caroline Cropley is an understated and highly competent insolvency and restructuring lawyer”.
• “Caroline Cropley is extremely able and pleasant to deal with. She has an excellent grasp of the broad range of charity issues and is able to bring her commercial expertise to bear.”