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Fiona Cumming

Fiona Cumming

UK 2026

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Practice Areas

Fiona advises funds and their lenders on the full suite of fund finance products including subscription line facilities, single asset and portfolio NAV facilities, hybrid facilities and GP and manco financings and derivative financing solutions including back leverage facilities. She also has deep debt finance experience in leveraged and event driven acquisition financings, real estate financings, special situations and hybrid instruments.

Fiona works with major international clients across all private capital assets classes and multiple jurisdictions, with particular expertise in APAC having spent 13 years in Asia where she established the fund finance practice in APAC and since then, together with her colleagues across Hong Kong, Singapore and Sydney, advised on some of the largest and most innovative fund finance transactions in the market. Relocating to London in 2021, Fiona has continued to build our find finance practice as Global co-head and a member of the Private Capital SteerCo.

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Chambers Guide to the Legal Profession

Banking & Finance: Fund Finance - UK-wide

Band 3
Band 3

Individual Editorial

Fiona Cumming is global co-head of A&O Shearman's fund finance practice. Her areas of work include advice on NAV facilities, subscription line facilities and hybrid facilities, among others.

Strengths

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  • Fiona is always keen to protect her clients' interests whilst not compromising, and she's willing to find commercial innovations to make trades work.

    Banking & Finance: Fund FinanceChambers Guide to the Legal Profession
  • She's a problem solver whose client care is excellent. She always thinks outside the box and she's able to connect dots in complex transactions.

    Banking & Finance: Fund FinanceChambers Guide to the Legal Profession
  • Fiona is a top-notch partner who I would have on any of my deals. She's very skilled, very helpful, very commercial and very experienced.

    Banking & Finance: Fund FinanceChambers Guide to the Legal Profession

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