Overview

Hannah Crawford is a restructuring partner in the London office of Kirkland & Ellis International LLP. Hannah was named Corporate Restructuring Lawyer of the Year at the 2023 Turnaround, Restructuring and Insolvency Awards and featured in The Lawyer's “Hot 100” list for 2023 and Law.com International's list of “Rising Stars: the UK's Best Up and Coming Female Lawyers” for 2023.

Hannah has experience in cross-border restructurings advising debtors, creditors and strategic investors on restructurings of stressed and distressed businesses. Hannah also has experience advising leading credit funds in relation to their due diligence and review of European investment opportunities in stressed and distressed situations.

Hannah is also recognised in INSOL International’s 2022 Young Practitioner Spotlight, EMEA Rising Stars 2022, and the 2022 Euromoney Expert Guides as a “rising star” in the global restructuring market.

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Thought Leadership

Publications

Contributor to “Cross Border Restructuring & Insolvency 2012-2022: Cases and Developments”, published by Wolters Kluwer in June 2023

Contributor to “Company Voluntary Arrangements: Law and Practice”, Edited by Elaine Nolan and Tom Smith QC (February 2022) 

Recast Insolvency Regulation: key changes for corporate restructurings - co-authored with Partha Kar, PLC Magazine (May 2017)

Recognition

Named as Corporate Restructuring Lawyer of the Year at the 2023 Turnaround, Restructuring and Insolvency Awards

Featured in The Lawyer’s “Hot 100” list for 2023

Listed in Law.com International’s list of “Rising Stars: the UK’s Best Up and Coming Female Lawyers” for 2023

Recognised among the Restructuring & Insolvency Rising Stars for 2022 at the annual EMEA Rising Star Awards.

Recognised in INSOL International’s 2022 Young Practitioner Spotlight. The list highlights the rising stars in the global restructuring market, each of whom was nominated by peers and colleagues in the insolvency and restructuring community.

Recognised as a Rising Star in the 2022 Euromoney Expert Guide’s list for Restructuring and Insolvency.

Memberships & Affiliations

INSOL

International Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC)

Women in Banking & Finance (WIBF)

Credentials

Admissions & Qualifications

  • 2015, Admitted to Practice as a Solicitor of England and Wales

Education

  • BPP Law School, HolbornLPC2013
  • Gonville & Caius College, University of CambridgeB.A., LawTripos2012