Shirley is qualified to practice law in both Scotland and England and Wales which is invaluable in cross border restructurings. She has extensive commercial expertise in the transaction advisory and restructuring space (gained from her time working at an International Law Firm, including a secondment to Hong Kong, and a top tier Scottish Law Firm). Shirley has worked on numerous high profile cases over the years including the first building society special administration in 2009 and has been involved in a diverse range of projects throughout her career, advising boards of directors of distressed companies, banks, investors and insolvency practitioners on: corporate simplifications, restructurings, wrongful trading issues, distressed business sales/purchases, managed exits, security enforcement options, distressed debt portfolio sales/purchases, formal insolvencies and trading issues. She has particular expertise in the farming, public, charities, real estate, retail (CVAs) housebuilding, leisure (hotels and public houses), oil and gas, wave energy and healthcare and care homes sectors.