Biography
Fiona is an associate in our global Real Estate industry group based in London.
Fiona advises international and domestic clients on complex commercial real estate and infrastructure transactions, including acquisitions and disposals, leases, developments, and the property aspects of corporate, private equity and real estate financing transactions.
Fiona's experience spans the entire project lifecycle: from due diligence and land strategy, document negotiation and finalization, to settlements and post-completion deliverables.
Fiona has a particular focus on the data centre sector and regularly advises developers and lenders in relation to this highly specialized asset class.
Prior to transferring to the White & Case London office, Fiona worked in the White & Case office in Melbourne, Australia. During this time, Fiona advised international renewable energy developers, state government entities and corporate entities on complex real estate and infrastructure transactions.
Experience
- Confidential mandates across the Nordics, EMEA, APAC and the Americas acting for developers and operators with respect to hyperscale datacenter developments.
- Representing UK-based data centre owners and operators in connection with their acquisition, development and leasing of industrial plots throughout the UK for the development and operation of hyperscale data centre facilities.
- Representing a UK-based data centre developer in relation to the property aspects of a £1.36 billion development financing.
- Representing a UK-based data centre developer in relation to a £435 million property disposition.
- Representing an infrastructure investment manager in relation to the property aspects of a £285 million real estate re-financing in the UK.
- Advising the Victorian government in relation to the acquisition and compulsory acquisition of several land plots required for the development of the Suburban Rail Loop Project (Australia's largest underground rail network – total project cost estimated at AU$200 billion).
- Advising Southerly Ten in relation to the land strategy, acquisition and development of 'Star of the South' in Victoria (Australia's most developed offshore wind farm – total project cost estimated at AU$10 billion).
- Advising TagEnergy in relation to the acquisition and leasing of the 'Golden Plains Wind Farm' in Victoria (the Southern Hemisphere's largest wind farm – total project cost valued at AU$4 billion).
- Advising Equis in relation to the land strategy, acquisition, leasing and development of the 'Melbourne Renewable Energy Hub' in Victoria (total project cost valued at AU$1.1 billion).
- Advising Tamboran Resources (NYSE: TBN) in relation to a gas processing facility in the Northern Territory.
- Advising Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) in relation to renewable energy facilities in Victoria and South Australia.
- Advising OX2 in relation to the wind farm and solar developments in Western Australia, Queensland and South Australia.
- Advising Mint Renewables in relation to solar and BESS developments in New South Wales, Queensland and Western Australia.
- Advising AusNet in relation to the land strategy, compulsory acquisition and leasing of land required for the proposed Western Renewables Link in Victoria.
- Advising Legrand SA (EPA:LR) on the property aspects of the acquisition of Australian Plastic Profiles, including the purchase and leaseback of manufacturing facilities in numerous Australian jurisdictions.