Shepherd and Wedderburn

Banking & Finance

Fiona is a partner in the Banking & Finance team and advises on a wide variety of banking matters, ranging from conventional secured and unsecured loans to Scottish SMEs, funding cross-border corporate buyouts and restructuring of debts of 'distressed' borrowers, to advising major UK and foreign financial institutions on structured multi-jurisdictional capital markets financing, including securitisation (RMBS, CMBS and whole business), covered bonds and other innovative funding techniques. Fiona also acts for sellers and purchasers of commercial and residential mortgage loan books in both the non-performing and performing space. She also gives opinions on a range of additional banking matters. Recent transactions include: acting for DBS Bank Ltd in Scotland in relation to a £291m secured loan to fund the acquisition of a portfolio of UK student accommodation; acting in Scotland for North Yorkshire Building Society and Amber Homeloans Limited in relation to their sales of portfolios of mortgage loans to Morag Finance 1 S.A R.L.; acting in Scotland for the Northview Group in relation to its RMS 29 and RMS 30 securitisations of residential mortgage loans; acting in Scotland for Erste Bank in relation to the financing of a number of Scottish registered aircraft.

Trainee, Tods Murray WS 1996-1998; assistant 1998-2002; associate, banking and finance team 2002-2005; partner, banking and finance team 2005-2014; departmental managing partner, banking and finance team 2014; partner, Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP 2014 to date; banking & finance practice group leader, 2015 to date.

French.

Law Society of Scotland.

Falkirk High School; University of Edinburgh (1995 LLB Hons; 1996 Dip LP).

Busy working mum of three lively children, live music, skiing, entertaining.