Caroline Cropley > Druces LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile

The ‘personal, friendly and engaging’ team at Druces LLP has a good reputation directly from clients, as well as a substantial number of referring law firms, which are appreciative of its ability to provide an ‘efficient and nimble’ service, with an ability to ‘make complicated issues easy to understand’. ‘Responsive and helpful’ team head Caroline Cropley is ‘capable of handling a wide variety of insolvency work’, including directors’ duties advice, IP-led instructions and distressed M&A mandates. Nigel Adams and Neil Hayter are the principal contacts for contentious insolvency matters.

Praised for both its ‘pragmatism and commercial acumen’, the corporate team at Druces LLP works on a host of complex M&A transactions for clients operating in the healthcare, infrastructure and Sharia compliant finance sectors. Practice head Christopher Axford continues to advise leading players in health and social care, with a particular interest in regulated businesses and Sharia compliant structuring. The ‘terrific’ Antony Cotton is a key port of call for early-stage companies operating in the fintech sector. Caroline Cropley – who heads up the corporate restructuring practice – was promoted to partner in May 2023.