Learn more about Gary Shankland

Gary is a Partner based in our London office. He specialises in business restructuring and turnaround, with extensive experience in complex restructuring assignments across the social housing, residential development, healthcare, retail, manufacturing, and leisure sectors.

Gary has over 25 years of experience supporting his client base, which includes clearing banks, asset-based lenders (ABLs), private equity houses, solicitors and peer-to-peer lenders.

Recent cases include the administration and sale of a well-known nationwide high street retailer and the build-out and sale via administration of a complex London residential development site with listed building status. He also acted as the nominee and supervisor in the successful Company Voluntary Arrangements (CVA) of two nationwide housing associations.

He is a licensed Insolvency Practitioner and a member of the Insolvency Practitioners Association and the Association of Business Recovery Professionals (R3).

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05/08/2026

Nick Neophytou and Richard Watson explore how developers can make schemes stack up in challenging times

Writing for Estates Gazette, Nick Neophytou, Managing Director of Mantra (part of BTG), and Richard Watson, London and South East Auctions Director at BTG Eddisons, discussed how real estate developers may need to address challenges in the market make their schemes stack up.

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UK SMEs seeking finance must navigate a broader credit market.

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Mantra Group, part of BTG, structures finance deal for next chapter of growth at Lawrence Stephens

Mantra Group, part of BTG, has structured bespoke finance from Shawbrook for Lawrence Stephens, a full-service London law firm, to refinance its existing facilities and give the firm the financial headroom to build on its growth.

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