Beate is an Associate in the Banking team. She advises a wide range of borrowers and lenders on Scottish, UK and cross-border financing transactions (including corporate borrowers, banks, funds, investors, and other lenders).

Her experience includes real estate finance (investment and development), corporate lending, acquisition finance, asset-based lending, securitisation, debt trading, debt portfolio transfers, loan note and bond issues, and restructuring.

Beate has a lot of experience working alongside City and overseas firms in banking and funds finance transactions and on the use of Scottish limited partnerships in private fund structures (including the establishment, operation, closings, and dissolution of funds).

Chris is a Partner in the Banking team.

He leads the Scottish Banking team which covers real estate finance (investment and development), corporate lending, acquisition finance, asset-based lending, securitisation, debt trading, debt portfolio transfers, loan note and bond issues and restructuring.

Chris advises on Scottish and English deals and is a cross-border financing specialist.

He has over 20 years of experience acting for borrowers and lenders (including clearing banks, investment banks, investment funds, insurance companies and public sector bodies). 

Dan advises clients on a wide range of both contentious and non-contentious employment matters. Key areas of expertise include:

• Worker and employment status cases, including defending clients from group litigation and assessing the risks in their workforce
• Sensitive disability discrimination cases involving neurodiversity and mental health conditions
• The drafting and enforcement of restrictive covenants
• Supporting the firm's commercial department on the employment aspects of outsourcing work.

Gearalt is a recognised expert in employment law and an experienced litigator. For over 20 years, he has advised employers across the UK on complex and strategic legal work, with a client portfolio spanning a range of sectors including energy, construction, retail, charities and manufacturing.

Gearalt has a strong track record advising the full spectrum businesses from large PLCs and FTSE-listed clients through to SMEs, owner-managed businesses and charitable organisations.

Gearalt leads the WBD Northern Employment team. Specialising in workplace change, he has significant expertise in devising and project managing solution-based support for employers.