Catharine MacDonald

Legal Director

Catharine Macdonald

Catharine is a Legal Director in the UK-wide Banking and Restructuring team and is based in Glasgow.

Catharine specialises in all types of corporate lending including acting for financial institutions and borrowers in syndicated and bilateral lending, restructurings, real estate and acquisition finance, cross border and multi-jurisdictional transactions with particular expertise in loan portfolio acquisitions. Catharine qualified in 2006 and joined TLT in 2019.

Jurisdiction: Scotland

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Insights & events

Insight

March 27, 2026

FCA turns to AI to fight fraud: What the Palantir contract means for financial regulation

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March 27, 2026

FCA publishes consumer understanding good practice and areas for improvement

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March 27, 2026

PRA, BoE and FCA material third-party reporting requirements

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March 23, 2026

FCA Regulatory Priorities report - Consumer finance: What firms need to know

Insight

March 20, 2026

World Cup licensing in Scotland: Extended hours policies by licensing board

Insight

March 13, 2026

Fraud Strategy 2026–2029

Insight

March 5, 2026

FCA Regulatory Priorities: Insurance - What intermediaries and distributors need to know

Insight

February 27, 2026

Navigating the FCA's new consumer credit reporting obligations

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February 25, 2026

Understanding the UK’s Ownership and Control Test: Insights from the latest call for evidence

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February 17, 2026

The Building Safety Act 2022: An update on the regulatory impact and liability risks for lenders

Insight

February 12, 2026

Getting ready for the FCA's Buy Now Pay Later Regime

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February 10, 2026

Employment Rights Act 2025: Top 5 Reforms for Retailers

Insight

February 10, 2026

DMCC Act - The next chapter for CMA Consumer Law Enforcement

Insight

February 4, 2026

OFSI Enforcement Process Reforms

Insight

January 30, 2026

Tick-Tock goes the Crypto Clock: FCA says the time to think about authorisation is now

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Insight

January 23, 2026

Navigating Green Claims: CMA Guidance for Supply Chain Actors

Publications

May 8, 2025

Retail Risk Outlook 2025

M and A Market Monitor 2025

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February 13, 2025

M&A Market Monitor 2025

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January 27, 2025

Retail Agility: The rise in retail crime

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May 16, 2024

TLT AI Navigator | Steering you through the legal AI landscape

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Publications

April 16, 2024

Retail Agility: Navigating the AI frontier in retail

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Publications

March 13, 2024

TLT's Guide to Scottish Licensing Board Policy Statements 2023-2028

Publications

February 29, 2024

Retail Risk Outlook 2024

Publications

June 20, 2023

Retail Agility: Unlocking Retail Resilience

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Publications

May 23, 2023

Rethinking Hospitality: Embracing Challenges, Unlocking Growth

Publications

April 6, 2023

Retail Risk Outlook 23

Publications

January 19, 2023

Green Claims Outlook 2023 | TLT

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Publications

December 8, 2022

SIPP & SSAS round-up - Winter 2022

Publications

December 1, 2022

Pensions Ombudsman update - December 2022

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November 18, 2022

UK Company Directors’ Duties Under Threat of Insolvency | TLT

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Publications

November 9, 2022

The fast and the curious: Empowering in-house lawyers to create business value

Publications

November 2, 2022

Retail Agility Virtual World Order

News

December 9, 2025

TLT Advises on Funding for Irish Solar Projects | TLT

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September 26, 2025

TLT turbocharges UK-wide Banking team with high-profile partner hire

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News

August 22, 2025

TLT acts for Pollen Street Capital on acquisition of Leonard Curtis

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May 19, 2025

TLT grows real estate offering with appointment of commercial expert

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March 18, 2025

TLT continues growth of financial services regulatory team with appointment of new partner

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December 2, 2024

TLT advises administrators appointed to rescue iconic Typhoo Tea

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October 2, 2024

TLT acts for Agroberries in the acquisition of BerryWorld group

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September 5, 2024

TLT advises Allied Irish Bank on completion of refinancing investment facility

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July 12, 2024

TLT advises K3 Capital Group on acquisition of HMA Tax Limited

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June 21, 2024

TLT highly commended for Litigation Team of the Year at The Lawyer Awards 2024

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June 14, 2024

TLT wins High Court claim for easyCOSMETIC

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May 16, 2024

TLT partners with UK Finance on economic abuse report

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May 7, 2024

TLT strengthens banking team with recruitment of Scottish banking heavyweight

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April 24, 2024

TLT advises renewable energy company on funding partnership

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March 19, 2024

TLT hires financial services regulation heavyweight to supercharge financial services offering

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News

March 11, 2024

TLT supports on sale of Belfast City Centre ETAP Hotel

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Podcast

04 March 2026

ESG in Action: Balancing the basket with the British Retail Consortium

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Podcast

25 July 2025

Financial Horizons Podcast

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Podcast

20 December 2021

Five new challenges with returns to work

Podcast

22 October 2021

Green mortgages

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Podcast

19 April 2021

Employment Law Focus: Technology

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Podcast

30 March 2021

Views on fintech - interview with Niels Pedersen, MMU

Podcast

17 June 2020

The Future Fund - one month on | Scale-up insights episode eight

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Podcast

20 April 2020

Scale-up Insights episode six - Employee incentives

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Podcast

04 September 2019

Employment Law Focus Podcast - Burnout & workplace stress

Podcast

24 July 2019

AI: a new frontier? GDPR, IP, ethics and more

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Podcast

18 July 2019

Employment Law Focus Podcast - Summer issues

When good tax decisions go wrong

Events & Webinars

26 March 2026

When good tax decisions go wrong: Governance, filing positions and HMRC scrutiny - Webinar

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Client stories

05 October 2020

Case study: Part VII Transfer for Triodos Bank in response to Brexit

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Client stories

05 October 2020

International Fintech Case Study: Brexit Contract Migration | TLT

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23 February 2026

Retail Agility: The Future of Payments

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Video

23 October 2025

AI in Financial Services: The Next Opportunity

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Video

20 August 2025

25 Years of Partnerships discussions with senior leaders

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Video

12 December 2022

Managing legal risks in the metaverse

Video

21 October 2021

Licensing law in Northern Ireland

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10 June 2021

Personal Insolvency in 2021 | TLT

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Video

03 June 2021

Corporate Insolvency in 2021 | TLT

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Video

22 April 2021

Interview with Louise MacLean, Signature Pubs

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Video

05 February 2021

TLT’s Fintech School – trainee interview

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Video

04 February 2021

Aldersgate interview with TLT green finance

Video

18 January 2021

Interview with Mark Kelly, Ashton Gate Stadium

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12 January 2021

Interview with Inverarity Morton: Simple Things Fermentations | TLT

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Video

06 January 2021

Evolving cities: Green finance

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Video

11 December 2020

Alternatives to redundancy for the leisure, food and drink sector

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17 November 2020

Interview with Thom Elliot, Pizza Pilgrims

Video

12 November 2020

Happy Diwali 2020 | TLT

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