Richard Drinkwater has joined the Restructuring and Insolvency team at HF, adding his years of experience of handling contentious insolvency cases in England and Wales as well as overseas to the considerable skills base of the existing team led by the nationally recognised Mark Dennis.

He joins at a time when the team, as well as their colleagues in the Commercial Debt Recovery team with whom they work closely, is seeing an increase in workflows due to the current economic conditions as well as the reaction to the pandemic.

The team is one part of a 35 strong commercial division and his appointment is part of an ongoing process to grow that area across the Manchester and York offices.

Ronan McCann, CEO & Managing Partner at HF said “I’m excited to welcome Richard to the HF team. As a well known and well regarded expert, his skills and experience greatly add to our offering in insolvency – a specialism increasingly in demand in the current economic climate and an area we’re looking to expand further in the coming months.”