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Dentons Offices

Dentons
1 GEORGE SQUARE
GLASGOW
G2 1AL
United Kingdom
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Stuart Fitzsimmons

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0122 4356 145 stuart.fitzsimmons@dentons.com

Work Department

Banking and Finance

Position

Stuart is a partner in the Banking & Finance practice, advising on transactions across the UK and internationally.

He has specific experience in advising on all types of corporate banking transactions including International Acquisition/Leveraged Finance, Oil & Gas Financing, Renewable Energy Financing, Project Finance, Technology and Growth Finance, Real Estate Investment and Development Financing, Joint Venture Funding, and General Corporate Debt.

Stuart’s experience in acting for a wide range of banks, other funders and investors, and corporate borrowers, as well as having completed secondments in the banking industry, gives him a detailed knowledge of clients’ preferred requirements and an ability to provide clear, commercial and proactive advice.

Stuart has recently acted for Aviva, Bank of America, Bank of Scotland, Barclays Bank, Clydesdale Bank, DVB Bank, HSBC Bank, Lloyds Bank, a leading international bank, Santander, The Scottish Loan Fund, Silicon Valley Bank, Aberdeen Asset Management plc, Aberdeen Private Equity Fund, AGR Group, Baxters Food Group, Biofilm Limited, British Polythene Industries plc, Burn Stewart Distillers, The Combination of Rothes Distillers, Devro plc, Edinburgh Investment Trust plc, The Edinburgh Woollen Mill Group, The Edrington Group, Maven Capital Partners, Muirden Energy, Robert Wiseman Dairies, Robertson Group, Scottish Equity Partners, and Scottish Enterprise.

Career

Trained Maclay Murray & Spens LLP; qualified 2005; assistant solicitor Maclay Murray & Spens 2005-07; senior solicitor 2007-09; Lloyds Banking Group secondment 2009; associate Maclay Murray & Spens 2010-12; partner Dentons 2012 to date.

Education

Glasgow University (2002 LLB (Hons)); Glasgow Graduate School of Law (2003 Diploma).

Leisure

Football; golf; music.

Lawyer Rankings

Scotland > Finance > Banking and finance

(Leading individuals)

Stuart Fitzsimmons – Dentons

Utilising an extensive global network of specialists, Dentons acts for a number of major clients operating in Scotland on complex cross-border transactions, spanning a broad range of conventional and alternative financial areas. Team head Stuart Fitzsimmons is considered a market leader for investment trust sector financings and private placement debt transactions. Susan Kelly offers vast experience of advising both borrowers and lenders across a broad range of sectors, including food and drink, manufacturing, technology and real estate. Another key member in Edinburgh is James Wilson, his practice covers real estate finance, leveraged finance and Shariah-compliant structures.

London > Finance > Asset based lending

Dentons‘ credentials in the ABL market were hugely enhanced following the recruitment of the ‘exceptionally professional but personable’ Simon Prendergast in March 2022 from Addleshaw Goddard. Prendergast now heads the team and has, since his arrival, successfully exploited the firm’s broader banking and trade finance practice, to secure a number of transactions involving multiple layers of debt in the capital structure alongside the more conventional receivables mandates for working capital purposes. In addition, the team is also well-positioned to leverage the firm’s international network for multi-jurisdictional matters. The firm’s prior Scottish expertise also continues unabated, with Glasgow-based Stuart Fitzsimmons  excelling in advising on ABL-related work in distillery sector.

 

 

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