Senior Associate

Restructuring & Insolvency

Expertise

Shareenah is a highly regarded, ex-magic circle lawyer with over 10 years’ experience covering all aspects of cross-border and domestic restructuring & insolvency law.

Shareenah has represented a wide range of clients across diverse sectors and is valued for her strategic, commercial approach to complex legal challenges. Shareenah acts in advisory, contentious and transactional matters including in relation to:

  • Formal insolvency procedures
  • Real estate insolvency
  • Asset recovery
  • Directors duties
  • Insolvency investigations
  • Wrongful trading, fraudulent trading and misfeasance
  • Security, debentures and financial collateral
  • Antecedent transactions, asset stripping and creditor avoidance
  • Distressed and insolvent business and asset disposals, including pre-pack and pre-insolvency disposals
  • Banking, finance and corporate disputes and litigation
  • Litigation and disputes arising from formal insolvency procedures
  • Guarantees and indemnities
  • Personal insolvency

Shareenah Advises

  • Insolvency practitioners
  • Commercial Lenders
  • Companies
  • Company directors and shareholders
  • Secured and unsecured creditors and debtors
  • Finance professionals and lawyers

Experience Highlights

  • Advising Virgin Atlantic Airways on the £1.2bn solvent recapitalisation of the Virgin Atlantic Group involving the first UK Part 26A Restructuring Plan
  • Advising Trafigura as shareholder and lender on the €2.6bn restructuring of the Nyrstar Group implemented by way of a scheme of arrangement
  • Acting for the secured lender in connection with the enforcement of security and appointment of receivers to the shares in a real estate development group
  • Advising the Lenders in respect of a multi-billion dollar financing to assist the Smurfit Kappa Group in its proposed merger with WestRock Company

Career History

 Previous Law firms

  • A&O Shearman (formerly Allen & Overy) (2018 – 2024)
  • Eversheds Sutherland (2013 – 2018)

Education

  • BBP Law School (2010 – 2011)
  • University of Nottingham (2007-2010)

Expertise

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Shareenah is a highly regarded, ex-magic circle lawyer with over 10 years’ experience covering all aspects of cross-border and domestic restructuring & insolvency law.

Shareenah has represented a wide range of clients across diverse sectors and is valued for her strategic, commercial approach to complex legal challenges. Shareenah acts in advisory, contentious and transactional matters including in relation to:

  • Formal insolvency procedures
  • Real estate insolvency
  • Asset recovery
  • Directors duties
  • Insolvency investigations
  • Wrongful trading, fraudulent trading and misfeasance
  • Security, debentures and financial collateral
  • Antecedent transactions, asset stripping and creditor avoidance
  • Distressed and insolvent business and asset disposals, including pre-pack and pre-insolvency disposals
  • Banking, finance and corporate disputes and litigation
  • Litigation and disputes arising from formal insolvency procedures
  • Guarantees and indemnities
  • Personal insolvency

Shareenah Advises

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  • Insolvency practitioners
  • Commercial Lenders
  • Companies
  • Company directors and shareholders
  • Secured and unsecured creditors and debtors
  • Finance professionals and lawyers

Experience Highlights

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  • Advising Virgin Atlantic Airways on the £1.2bn solvent recapitalisation of the Virgin Atlantic Group involving the first UK Part 26A Restructuring Plan
  • Advising Trafigura as shareholder and lender on the €2.6bn restructuring of the Nyrstar Group implemented by way of a scheme of arrangement
  • Acting for the secured lender in connection with the enforcement of security and appointment of receivers to the shares in a real estate development group
  • Advising the Lenders in respect of a multi-billion dollar financing to assist the Smurfit Kappa Group in its proposed merger with WestRock Company

Career History

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 Previous Law firms

  • A&O Shearman (formerly Allen & Overy) (2018 – 2024)
  • Eversheds Sutherland (2013 – 2018)

Education

  • BBP Law School (2010 – 2011)
  • University of Nottingham (2007-2010)