What can I do for you
Fiona is a commercial partner specialising in complex, strategic contracts and supply chain arrangements. She advises businesses operating in fast-moving environments with expertise in particular in food, beverage & leisure, manufacturing, logistics, consumer and retail and technology sectors.
Fiona supports clients across the full lifecycle of commercial relationships from structuring and negotiating key supply and distribution agreements and outsourcing arrangements through to optimising and standardising existing contract frameworks. She is known for her pragmatic, delivery-focused approach, helping businesses navigate contractual challenges without over-engineering solutions.
Before returning to private practice, Fiona spent a number of years in-house as European General Counsel at IMI Precision Engineering Plc where she also sat on the European executive board. That experience gives her a distinctive understanding of how legal advice needs to land in practice and the unique pressures that in-house teams face every day.
Supporting your ambitions
Fiona is highly regarded by clients for providing straightforward, commercially focused legal advice and ensuring that supply and contractual arrangements are structured to deliver their business objectives. She is trusted by clients to assess proposed contracts in the context of their commercial priorities, appropriate risk matrix and governance framework.
Fiona also has extensive experience leading the commercial aspects of larger transactions, including advising on the billion-pound sale of Fosroc to Saint-Gobain. She led the negotiation of a complex, long-term, cross-jurisdictional Transitional Services Agreement, leveraging her expertise in outsourcing, business separation, supply chain and strategic commercial arrangements. Working with a multinational team across multiple jurisdictions Fiona played an integral role in the transaction, managing a multinational team with commercial focus and financial rigour to ensure the agreement delivered the protections and operational clarity the deal required.
What do others say
Clients describe Fiona as a standout commercial lawyer:
"Fiona is a great commercial lawyer."
"She has a very practical approach and provides excellent guidance."
"Forward thinking and exceptional."
What else should you know
In her senior leadership role as European General Counsel at IMI Precision Engineering Plc sitting on the European executive board Fiona gained a unique combination of private practice expertise and in-house leadership. This gives her a genuinely commercial perspective which enables her to quickly grasp and anticipate her clients requirements. Fiona is also passionate about innovation and the practical adoption of technology to improve how legal teams work. She also supports all aspects of ED&I and has supported her clients with the set up of inclusion networks and partnered on events and is proud to have been named in the Women Who Will Report Class of 2023 for "blazing a trail and building on the legacy of many pioneering women before her" for her work advancing gender equity in the profession and advocating for a more equitable and accessible legal profession for all.