A dynamic and driven associate in our banking team, Emma acts for financial institutions and corporate borrowers on a wide variety of banking and finance transactions, specialising in energy financings.
She excels at transaction management and regularly works on multi-jurisdictional deals. She is approachable, client focussed, and uses her extensive negotiation skills to identify commercial solutions.
Recent highlights include advising:
- A major UK bank on reservation of their rights in a potential default situation.
- Serica plc, a UKCS oil and gas company, on a $525m RBL facility.
- A term lender on the Scots aspect of an acquisition financing package to fund the purchase of Ethos Energy, which included bespoke intercreditor arrangements.
- Sanctuary Group (providers of affordable housing) on Scots aspects of their bond financing.
- A major UK bank on amendments to their Scottish security templates in connection with their residential mortgage book.
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