Fiona specialises in corporate and commercial law and is a franchise specialist.
She deals with acquisitions and disposals, joint venture/shareholder arrangements and investment as well as general corporate governance and compliance and procedural issues.
On the commercial side Fiona covers general commercial agreements across all industries including the Education sector. She advises on distribution, licensing, consultancy and is a franchise specialist acting for franchisors and franchisees alike.
recent experience
- complex group re-organisation for cable manufacturer
- exclusive supply agreement for Pharmaceutical manufacturer
- draft franchise agreements for new sports leisure franchise
- acting for chain of hairdressers in the grant and renewal of franchises and acquisition of franchised business
- data protection advice including data processing agreements, privacy notices and addendums to contracts
- advising technology software company in connection with the removal of outgoing shareholder by way of share buy back and associated transactions
- various franchisees of household name retail food outlet advising on their acquisitions and subsequent disposals
- sale and purchase of accountancy practice by way of share sale
Recent Articles/News
Business card etiquette under the GDPR
Directors’ Addresses – Privacy Extended
Legal implications of Road Closures
How you protect your intellectual property with trade marks and copyright
Trade marks – what you need to know to protect your intellectual property
Kickbacks in Franchising
Artificial Intelligence: Robot Rights and Regulation
Franchisor – key points to consider when franchising your business
A minute of your time
Mundays treks for charity
Personal smartphone and tablets – bring your own
New consumer contracts regulations in force
Additional information
Fiona undertook a law degree at the University of East Anglia receiving the Charles Herbert Smith memorial prize for the best result of any student in law for the year 2000 and achieved postgraduate diploma in legal practice with distinction from the University of Law, Guildford.
Fiona trained at Eversheds in Cambridge and continued there as a solicitor in the corporate and education team for 2 years before joining Mundays in 2007.
Professional Associations
- The Law Society
- British Franchise Association Affiliate Member (nominated person)
Finding the person you need