Shoosmiths LLP

Commercial

Fiona is a Partner in the Commercial team in Birmingham and specialises in a wide range of commercial contracts in particular warehousing, logistics, facilities and property management outsourcing arrangements, supply chain, routes to market (including distribution and agency) and manufacturing routinely with cross border reach.

As an ex-GC herself, Fiona has extensive experience of working with in-house teams acting both as the interface between the legal team and the Board as well as legal team and the business. She acts both customer and supplier side advising pragmatically on commercial arrangements with a deep understanding of the need to balance risk with opportunity. Recently she has advised extensively in relation to supply chain disruption and other impacts of Brexit, Covid-19 and the war in Ukraine. She advises clients across sectors including FMCG, food and beverage, food delivery, telecoms manufacturing and professional services.

Fiona is also lead for Hexagon®, a Shoosmiths EIGHT Connected Services product. We help GCs and in-house lawyers identify and resolve key legal operation issues, eliminate wasted time and deliver optimal value to their businesses by utilising leading technology and real data, Hexagon® offers a clear route map to legal operational excellence.

Fiona trained in London and Brussels and spent several years working in London for global law firms on cross border commercial matters.