Mr Jamie McIntosh > Addleshaw Goddard > Edinburgh, United Kingdom > Lawyer Profile

Addleshaw Goddard
EXCHANGE TOWER
19 CANNING STREET
EDINBURGH
EH3 8EH
United Kingdom

Work Department

Restructuring and insolvency.

Position

Jamie is head of corporate restructuring and insolvency in Scotland. He is a highly experienced partner, specialsing in all aspects of insolvency, turnaround and corporate restructuring, with particular experience on real estate-related restructurings. Jamie is qualified in Scotland and England and Wales and frequently deals with cross-border connections. Jamie acts for major banks and funds on restructuring and recovery work, while maintaining a strong network of contacts and intermediaries, including insolvency practitioners and corporate lenders. Jamie maintains a strong reputation in the market, recently acting for Bank of Ireland in connection with the hostile administration of a group of care homes. Clients single Jamie out for his ‘availability, approachability, flexibility and expertise’.

Career

Trained Anderson Strathern; trainee to partner Anderson Strathern 1998-2006; senior associate Dundas & Wilson 2006-10; partner HBJ Gateley 2010 to May 2017, partner Addleshaw Goddard June 2017 – date.

Languages

French, Spanish.

Memberships

Law Society of Scotland, Law Society of England & Wales, R3

Education

George Watsons College, Edinburgh; University of Dundee (1997 LLB Hons); University of Edinburgh (1998 DipLP).

Lawyer Rankings

Scotland > Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery

(Hall of Fame)

Jamie McIntoshAddleshaw Goddard

‘Combining “Magic Circle” expertise and a depth of service on a national level’, Addleshaw Goddard‘s practice continues to act on a variety of high-profile insolvency and corporate recovery mandates, and possesses one of the pre-eminent restructuring offerings in the market. Group lead Jamie McIntosh ‘delivers first-class service’ across insolvencies and restructurings and retains close connections to an enviable roster of financial institutions and insolvency practitioners. Tim Cooper ‘has excellent knowledge in the areas where insolvency and environmental legislation overlaps’ and is routinely instructed on both contentious and non-contentious matters, while Addi Spiers is highly reputed for her work in the distressed real estate space. Emma Widdowson provides further corporate restructuring capabilities, especially in regard to UK clearing banks, and Courtney Clelland is singled out by clients as a key name to note. Sophia Harrison joined the group in February 2025 from Burness Paull LLP, contributing her deep knowledge of court ordered restructurings and asset recovery.