Praised for its ‘technical expertise’ and ‘City-style service’, Addleshaw Goddard fields a market-leading team, covering the full spectrum of insolvency and restructuring mandates. Representative work from the practice ranges from complex restructuring plans to cross-jurisdictional court proceedings. The team is led by industry stalwart Jamie McIntosh who is a key contact for insolvency practitioners and financial institutions. Addi Spiers’ expertise in the real estate and financial services sectors sees her routinely tasked with distressed property finance projects and debt portfolio sales and acquisitions. Tim Cooper is noted for his prowess in contentious matters, handling a steady stream of insolvency-related disputes. Cooper is supported by Sophia Harrison who, since joining from Burness Paull LLP in February 2025, has leveraged her barrister background to act in an array of contentious insolvency and restructuring proceedings.

Brodies LLP‘s full-service offering spans the full spectrum of insolvency mandates including both contentious and non-contentious issues across both domestic and cross-jurisdictional matters. The team fields a deep bench of experienced individuals attracting well known names in the energy, retail, and leisure sectors. Leadership is shared between Lucy McCann, who uses her litigation expertise to represent clients in high-profile and complex disputes, and Peter Kelly, whose extensive knowledge of corporate restructuring attracts clients from the retail, hospitality, and food and drink sectors. Elaine Petterson is active across the real estate aspects of the team’s work. Shirley Li-Ting secures the team a slew of cross-border transactional instructions, while Jamie Nellany and Louise Laing regularly work with insolvency practitioners, lenders, and corporates.

Burness Paull LLP‘s cross-disciplinary insolvency and restructuring practice has a strong track record handling instructions from a roster of prominent clients. The team’s varied case load includes acting in retail, property and energy matters. Michael Thomson leads the team, routinely guiding high-profile clients such as banks and insolvency practitioners through transactions and restructuring plans. Allana Sweeney focuses on non-contentious mandates, acting on complex insolvencies concerning the energy and retail sectors, while litigation specialist Gary Moffat’s 'encyclopaedic knowledge of insolvency law' sees him represent both private and public sector clients in winding up proceedings and restructuring disputes. The firm’s contentious insolvency expertise was further bolstered by the recruitment of Douglas Blyth from Addleshaw Goddard in November 2024. The practice also benefits from the expertise of Fiona Carlin, who acts for insolvency practitioners.

Morton Fraser MacRoberts has an established practice managing all stages of complex and high-value insolvencies, acting for both domestic and international clients. The team’s work spans across contentious and transactional mandates, advising clients including financial institutions, public sector entities, and property developers. The practice is led by the ‘highly experienced’ Alan Meek and Nicola Ross; Meek routinely acts for distressed directors, who call upon his knowledge of directors’ duties, while Ross is noted for her expertise concerning contentious insolvency matters. Disputes specialist Leon Breakey has a broad client base, acting for lenders, directors, and insolvency practitioners. John Gallacher is the go-to for distressed property mandates, while Jennifer Andrew plays a key role on advisory and contentious matters.

The restructuring team at Pinsent Masons LLP utilises its international footprint to attract a myriad of instructions, with clients from the financial, retail, and real estate sectors. Claire Massie fronts the department, advising clients from the financial, real estate, and oil and gas sectors. Stacey Bairner has developed a notable reputation for assisting with restructurings and trading distressed debt. Natalie Colaluca focuses on advisory work, while Ross Cooper is a key port of call for opportunity funds and distressed debt clients.

Shepherd and Wedderburn fields a robust insolvency and restructuring offering, advising on a broad range of contentious and non-contentious matters. The firm is sought after by a range of high-profile clients from the banking, energy and retail sectors. Practice lead Fiona McKerrell‘s extensive experience across the insolvency and restructuring space sees her receive instructions from directors, lenders, and corporates. Gillian Carty spearheads the firm’s contentious insolvency offering and is regularly tasked with handling directors duties breaches, court applications, and transactional issues. Suzanne Knowles is well-versed in all aspects of transactional insolvency matters.

The 'strong, technical, and experienced' restructuring and insolvency team at TLT is a popular choice for clients in the banking, retail, and leisure sectors. The firm regularly handles significant and complex insolvency matters involving both contentious and non-contentious elements. Practice head Ainslie Benzie is a key port of call for high-profile contentious and non-contentious insolvency mandates from across the banking and retail sectors. Emma Gascoyne-Day‘s extensive experience in the corporate insolvency space sees her receive instructions covering all aspects of administrations, restructurings, and liquidations. Lorna McWilliams and  Kris Jenkins routinely support the team across a broad scope of insolvency matters.

The 'experienced and capable' restructuring and insolvency team at Anderson Strathern is well geared to handle complex and high-profile mandates from both public and private sector clients. It is particularly noted for its litigation expertise, and the team is routinely tasked with representing directors, lenders, and insolvency practitioners. Practice co-head Katrina Lumsdaine is noted for her involvement in complex commercial insolvencies. Fellow co-lead Gillian Murray‘s disputes expertise attracts instructions for both personal and corporate insolvencies; she is regularly supported by Eilidh MacEwan.

With a strong track record in dealing with complex and cross-border insolvency mandates, the team at BBM Solicitors is a popular choice for insolvency practitioners, individuals, and lenders. The firm handles both contentious and non-contentious work, attracting instructions from both the professional services and energy sectors. The practice’s leadership is shared between the ‘highly knowledgeable’ Eric Baijal, who is recognised for his contentious specialism, and Jennifer Simpson, who leads the firm’s non-contentious offering and regularly receives instructions from a roster of insolvency practitioners.

BTO Solicitors LLP receives high-profile and complex instructions from a broad range of corporates, financial institutions, and high-net-worth individuals; the full-service team supports clients in a wide range of insolvency mandates. The practice is under the joint leadership of Angus Wood, whose ‘strong knowledge of insolvency law’ draws in clients from both the public and private sector, and Alastair Dunn, who is noted for his experience handling complex corporate restructurings. Grant Hunter is active on secured and unsecured recoveries, while Kirsteen Maclean is well placed to advise on insolvency-related disputes.

Often leveraging its national network, Dentons is known for handling complex matters involving interim orders, issues arising under the Insolvency Act, and provisional orders. Philip Knight leads the team from Edinburgh and regularly acts in high-profile winding up petitions and director disqualifications. Glasgow’s Eoghann Green is noted for his specialism in contentious insolvency work, in addition to handling asset recovery issues, and cross-border insolvencies. Dividing his time between Edinburgh and Glasgow, Jack Mullen draws on his extensive experience in commercial disputes to handle corporate insolvency litigation.

Leveraging its international footprint, DLA Piper is regularly called upon to support both domestic and international clients on a wide range of complex and high-profile insolvency and restructuring mandates. The group's vast expertise benefits a roster of clients across the real estate, care homes, and hospitality sectors. Sarah Letson heads up the team and is well-versed in advising directors and creditors on transactional insolvency and restructuring matters.

With a ‘wide range of talented partners’, Harper Macleod LLP attracts a notable client base with a broad ambit spanning both the contentious and transactional elements of insolvencies and restructurings. The team’s leadership is split between the ‘highly knowledgeable’ Gordon Hollerin, who advises financial institutions, directors, and administrators on both a domestic and international scale, and litigation specialist James Lloyd, who acts on insolvency mandates. Fiona Strang draws on her corporate law background to handle work across the construction, hospitality and retail sectors.

Covering the full spectrum of insolvency and restructuring mandates, Shoosmiths acts for a client base of trustees, corporates, and insolvency practitioners. The team is led by Stuart Clubb who is praised for his 'technical advice to clients' in relation to insolvency related litigation. Clubb is supported by Andrew Foyle, whose higher rights of audience sees him work on a portfolio of disputes covering challengeable transactions, directors’ duties, and winding up petitions. The 'very capable' Seonaid Sandham was recruited from Anderson Strathern in May 2024, bringing a wealth of experience acting for insolvency practitioners, financial institutions, and SMEs.

Aberdein Considine‘s insolvency and corporate restructuring team is able to draw upon ‘specialist experience in the field’ to handle a steady stream of disputes concerning corporates, insolvency practitioners, and financial institutions. Ross Webb spearheads the practice and is praised as an ‘experienced litigator’; he acts for a range of insolvency practitioners. Webb is supported by Karen Little, who uses her property background to advise on complex property issues, including asset disposals.

The team at Gilson Gray is geared to handle an array of insolvency and debt recovery mandates, advising on a growing volume of instructions from financial institutions; its client roster also includes insolvency practitioners, letting agents, and tenants. The team is led by David Alexander, who focuses on litigation. Craig Darling‘s experience in the corporate space sees him routinely called upon by an array of financial institutions, while Scott Runciman is recognised as a key name for letting agents.

Thorntons Law LLP is well-versed across the full spectrum of insolvency and restructuring mandates, acting for insolvency practitioners, private individuals and corporates from the energy and financial sector. The team is led by Pamela Muir, whose experience across non-contentious insolvency matters is leveraged on a number of high-profile transactions.  On the contentious front, Stephanie Carr and Anne Miller act on contentious personal and corporate insolvency cases.

Handling both contentious and non-contentious mandates, Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie LLP has an established practice acting for a range of insolvency practitioners, lenders, and corporates. Practice co-head and litigation specialist Alan Munro routinely represents clients in sequestrations, court applications, and remuneration claims. Fellow co-lead Graham Bell has broad experience handling solvent and insolvent restructurings. Steven Docherty and John Grant handle contentious work, acting for clients from the real estate sector and insolvency practitioners, respectively.