Allana is a partner in the firm’s Restructuring and Insolvency practice.
Allana is a specialist in insolvency law accredited with the Law Society of Scotland and is ranked in Legal 500 as a ‘Rising Star’ and in Chambers & Partners as an ‘Associate to Watch’.
She has over 10 years of experience specialising in all aspects of corporate and personal insolvency and restructuring and recovery work including: debt restructurings, pre-pack administrations, advising boards of distressed entities, security enforcement and enhancement, standstill and settlement arrangements, insolvent business and asset sales / acquisitions, contentious IP appointments and jurisdictional issues.
Recent assignments have covered a number of sectors including bio power / energy, hospitality and leisure, retail, shipbuilding, real estate and professional firms.
Allana is exceptional technically: she can assimilate information and pinpoint issues.
Chambers & Partners, 2024
Allana is a superb practitioner. She is a real rising star in the Scottish restructuring and insolvency community.
Chambers & Partners, 2024
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