Susan Kelly > Dentons > Edinburgh, United Kingdom > Lawyer Profile

Dentons
QUARTERMILE ONE
15 LAURISTON PLACE
EDINBURGH
EH3 9EP
United Kingdom
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Work Department

Banking and Finance

Position

Susan joined Dentons (formerly MMS) in 1991 and was assumed as a Partner on 1 December 1998. Susan works with firm’s Banking & Finance department and handles a wide range of banking and finance work across the UK and Europe including acquisition finance, property finance, plc/corporate lending and Pan-European finance.

Career

Trained Dentons (formerly Maclay Murray & Spens); qualified 1993; assistant solicitor Maclay Murray & Spens 1993-96; Bank of Scotland, six-month secondment to legal services department 1994; associate 1996-98; partner Dentons 1998 to date; member of court, Strathclyde University 2014 to date.

Languages

French.

Education

Strathclyde University (1990 LLB; 1991 diploma).

Leisure

Opera; theatre; antiques; skiing.

Lawyer Rankings

Scotland > Finance > Banking and finance

Dentons has experience working with financiers and borrowers, demonstrating a ‘very wide range of expertise’ and a ‘commercially aware and pragmatic’ approach towards transactions. Cross-border deals continue to be a major aspect of the group’s work, as well as real-estate centred mandates; the team attract instructions from notable corporates and global investors. Stuart Fitzsimmons heads up the practice and excels at asset-based lending and investment trust work. Susan Kelly is a seasoned adviser across a wealth of sectors and acts for a host of clearing banks and notable industry players. James Wilson is a key contact for real estate finance work, active on leveraged finance, fund finance, and restructuring mandates, as well as Shariah-compliant structures. Lorna Henderson has recently focused on borrower and lender instructions in the food and drink and real estate sectors, while Kirsty McBirnie works alongside real estate investors and investment trusts. Pamela Gilmour joined from Pinsent Masons LLP in November 2023.