Hannah Davie

Director at Grant Thornton

Through the breadth of experience Hannah has gained as a leading insolvency practitioner, she now heads Grant Thornton UK LLP’s growing Contentious estates and family disputes team which specialises in assisting beneficiaries, trustees, and representatives in matrimonial, family, trust, and probate disputes. Disputes within families arise for various reason and often following a divorce or the death of a family member. These disputes focus on the value of assets, competing claims, issues relating to executors and conflicts between beneficiaries, shareholders and offshore trust disputes.

Hannah and her team, work in tandem with lawyers, to design strategies that ensure the most appropriate action is taken to achieve maximum recovery and the best possible outcome for the client. She uses the Insolvency Act, along with other civil legislation, such as the use of bankruptcies, liquidations and court appointed receiverships, as tools to assist with investigations, asset tracing and recovery processes. She is also supported by Grant Thornton’s large forensic practice, corporate intelligence team, digital forensic and asset recovery specialists, and valuation experts both in the UK and internationally, with the goal of working seamlessly around the globe to achieve the best result for the client.