Shane Crooks

I focus on complex and contentious insolvency appointments featuring investigations, asset tracing and litigation, often of a cross-border nature. I previously spent 15 months on secondment at the Corporate Restructuring Unit of the Royal Bank of Scotland, dealing with distressed borrowers with syndicated facilities or bilateral facilities in excess of £20m.

Notable appointments include liquidator of Allied Wallet following an FCA winding-up petition, administrator of the Collateral UK peer-to-peer lending group, court-appointed receiver over substantial private equity interests for Sebastian Holdings, and court-appointed receiver managing $3.3bn litigation claims for the Libyan Investment Authority. I also acted on the liquidation of The Rangers Football Club.

Whether it's a fraud investigation, a complex cross-border recovery or a high-profile regulatory matter, I bring the investigative rigour and commercial judgement needed to protect creditor interests.

Ask me about contentious insolvency, cross-border investigations, asset tracing, FCA-related appointments, litigation support and distressed debt.