Legal Director in the Finance and Projects (banking) team at Addleshaw Goddard in Edinburgh.

Senior Associate in the banking and finance team at Dickson Minto W.S. advising borrowers and lenders throughout the UK on a diverse range of corporate debt transactions including real estate finance (investment and development), leverage finance, general corporate lending, investment trusts and group debt restructuring.Examples included:* Advised a FTSE 250 listed property investment trust on a £360m refinance of its commercial property portfolio, which was structured to allow long term fixed rate debt to be raised from an alternative lender and shorter term debt and a revolver to be obtained from a major UK bank.* Advised an actively managed Guernsey based property investment trust on a £300m refinance of its commercial property portfolio with multiple lenders and its subsequent group restructure and conversion to a UK Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT).* Advised a specialist UK SME investment fund on multiple leveraged investments including negotiating the loan agreements and intercreditor arrangements required to regulate the secured investor and management loan notes that were put in place alongside traditional bank debt.* Advised various investment managers and non-Exec Boards on debt facilities provided to investment trusts.* Advised a variety of private equity houses on leveraged M&A transactions.