Stephanie Carr
Stephanie joined Thorntons Law LLP as a Partner in 2023. She has over 18 years' experience acting for a variety of clients in a wide range of contentious personal and corporate insolvency cases, as a result of which she has been accredited, and re-accredited, as a specialist in Insolvency Law by the Law Society of Scotland.
She is well known and respected in insolvency circles. She passed the Joint Insolvency Examination Board ("JIEB") exams in liquidation and personal insolvency and has a wide breadth of knowledge as a result of having attended the modules for the exams, where she also obtained a better understanding of the practical workings of the insolvency processes.
She also regularly acts for clients in both secured and unsecured debt recovery matters and advises on a number of diligence measures open to them. Stephanie has advised and represented clients in a wide range of disputes in the Sheriff Court, the Court of Session and tribunals. She has been the principal adviser to clients including government bodies, companies of all sizes and their directors, private and registered social landlords, individuals, insolvency practitioners, creditors and financial institutions.
Stephanie is ranked as an individual in Chambers and Partners UK for Insolvency/Restructuring with the commentary that she has "a deep and extensive knowledge of the full span of restructuring matters, including insolvency related litigation, advising Directors on their duties and corporate restructuring".