UK Guide 2026 : Scotland
Ranked Individuals
Provided by Brodies LLP
Our dedicated restructuring and insolvency team is one of the biggest and most experienced in Scotland, providing legal support that is grounded in technical precision and commercial insight.
With expertise spanning multiple sectors, our specialist team provides focused advice in relation to all corporate and personal insolvency regimes. We work with parties who are impacted directly or indirectly by financial distress and/or insolvency, including: lenders/funders, borrowers; insolvency practitioners; corporates; their directors, unincorporated organisations; public bodies; individuals; and other stakeholders.
Our experience includes equity and financial restructurings, enforcement and formal insolvency appointments, contingency planning, business loan and asset sales/acquisitions arising from insolvency or non-performance, asset recovery and challengeable transactions. We also advise directors on their duties, disputes, personal liability and disqualification.
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Provided by Chambers
Brodies has a well-regarded practice with strength across a spectrum of corporate and personal insolvency matters. It demonstrates considerable expertise in handling issues such as transactions involving distressed assets, insolvency litigation and restructurings. Its clients include distressed companies, insolvency practitioners, financial institutions and regulatory bodies.
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The team at Brodies offered straightforward and practical advice. They know the subject very well and are focused on achieving an effective result in the quickest possible timescale.
Brodies' service was excellent. They were very quick to respond and turned paperwork around quickly.
I had a very good experience with Brodies. They were very positive, pragmatic and really good to deal with.
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Lucy McCann is recommended for her skilled handling of insolvency litigation, as well as non-contentious restructuring and insolvency exercises of all kinds. She works on both domestic and cross-border matters.
Lucy is one of my go-tos. She is very good.
Lucy has been extremely good. She helped us out with an extremely difficult situation and was extremely on the ball with that. She is excellent to deal with and gave some good advice.
Lucy is knowledgeable, practical and totally client-focused. She's someone you want to have on your side.
Shirley Li-Ting advises clients on restructurings and distressed transactions. She has experience acting for companies, banks and investors as well as insolvency practitioners.
I find Shirley very approachable, commercial and responsive. She is also very good on the communication side.
Shirley is very keen to provide a quality and fast service, and she manages expectations very well.
Shirley is technically very strong, easy to deal with, very personable and always happy to spend some time chatting through different angles on a case.
Restructuring/Insolvency
Restructuring/Insolvency
Provided by Brodies LLP
Shirley Li-Ting
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