Gillian Carty > Shepherd and Wedderburn > Edinburgh, United Kingdom > Lawyer Profile
Shepherd and Wedderburn Offices
9 Haymarket Square
EDINBURGH
EH3 8FY
United Kingdom
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Gillian Carty
Work Department
Commercial, Finance and Insolvency Disputes
Position
Gillian is a partner in our Dispute Resolution practice and advises on both contentious and non-contentious insolvency matters with a particular focus on insolvency litigation, banking and finance litigation and debt recovery. She acts for a number of banks, financial institutions and insolvency practitioners and advises on a range of litigation matters including breach of fiduciary duty claims against directors; challenges by insolvency practitioners to pre-insolvency transactions; security and guarantee enforcement for secured and unsecured creditors as well as a variety of banking litigation and tax appeals. Gillian is a licensed insolvency practitioner and is accredited as a specialist in insolvency law by the Law Society of Scotland. She has worked on a number of high-profile insolvency assignments including advising the administrators of Heritable Bank (the Scottish subsidiary of the Icelandic bank, Landsbanki) and advising on the administration of legal practices. She is the lead client partner for the Insolvency Service advising on public interest litigation and directors’ misconduct and disqualification proceedings.
Career
Trained Shepherd and Wedderburn; qualified 1995; assistant solicitor 1995-99; associate solicitor 1999-2001; partner 2001 to date. Publications of note: co-author of ‘Game v Springfield: Comparing the Treatment of Rent as an Administration Expense in Scotland and England’ published in International Corporate Rescue (2014).
Memberships
Law Society of Scotland; licensed insolvency practitioner; accredited by Law Society of Scotland as a specialist in insolvency law. Director LawWorks Scotland.
Education
Hutchesons Grammar School, Glasgow; University of Edinburgh (1993 LLB Hons Dip LP).
Lawyer Rankings
Scotland > Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
(Leading partners)Shepherd and Wedderburn possesses a team of ‘highly skilled professionals who are the top of their game’ and the group ‘provides excellent advice in distressed situations’. The firm demonstrates expertise across the full array of restructuring and insolvency issues and is well geared to act for a range of clearing banks and financial institutions, insolvency practitioners, directors and distressed companies. Spearheading the team is Fiona McKerrell who is equally skilled acting for both administrators and company directors in sensitive, often multi-jurisdictional insolvencies, while Gillian Carty takes the reins on contentious mandates. Suzanne Knowles ‘is an experienced and trusted adviser’ who is well versed across a range of sectors including the real estate, retail and charity spaces, and Laura McMillan‘s ‘attention to detail and efficient turnaround of work makes her the director of choice’ in relation to contentious instructions. Serena Weir also comes recommended.
Scotland > Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation
Shepherd and Wedderburn‘s ‘fantastic’ commercial disputes team serves a diverse client base that includes publicly listed companies, multinational corporations, trustees, and individuals. The group is led by John MacKenzie, a seasoned solicitor advocate with expertise in intellectual property and IT matters. Iain Drummond handles disputes in the contractual, negligence, and construction areas, and Gillian Carty is an expert in banking, finance, and insolvency litigation. Matt Phillip and Carly Duckett offer experience in breach of contract claims and shareholder disputes, enhancing the team’s capability to handle complex commercial challenges. The team recently saw the retirement of Elaine Brailsford from the partnership, who continues to support the firm as a consultant.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading partners Scotland > Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- Commercial litigation Scotland > Dispute resolution
- Insolvency and corporate recovery Scotland > Finance
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Real estate > Commercial property: Edinburgh and Glasgow
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Energy (excluding oil and gas)
- Employment > Pensions
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and executries
- Real estate > Planning
Firm Rankings
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation
- Real estate > Construction
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Edinburgh and Glasgow
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Public sector > Education
- Real estate > Environment
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Employment > Immigration
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Licensing
- Public sector > Local government
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Projects
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: elsewhere in Scotland
- Dispute resolution > Debt recovery
- Employment > Employment
- Public sector > Health
- Employment > Health and safety
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property