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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December 2, 2025

Renters' Rights Act 2025: A guide for Insolvency Practitioners and Fixed Charged Receivers

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November 14, 2025

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November 13, 2025

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November 11, 2025

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November 10, 2025

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October 24, 2025

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October 23, 2025

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October 22, 2025

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October 13, 2025

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October 13, 2025

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October 6, 2025

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September 12, 2025

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September 11, 2025

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September 10, 2025

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May 8, 2025

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March 13, 2024

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

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February 29, 2024

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June 20, 2023

Retail Agility: Unlocking Retail Resilience

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May 23, 2023

Rethinking Hospitality: Embracing Challenges, Unlocking Growth

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April 6, 2023

Retail Risk Outlook 23

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January 19, 2023

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December 8, 2022

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November 18, 2022

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November 9, 2022

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November 2, 2022

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May 19, 2025

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March 18, 2025

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October 2, 2024

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September 5, 2024

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July 12, 2024

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June 21, 2024

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June 14, 2024

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May 16, 2024

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May 7, 2024

TLT strengthens banking team with recruitment of Scottish banking heavyweight

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April 24, 2024

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March 19, 2024

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March 11, 2024

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January 23, 2024

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25 July 2025

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22 October 2021

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19 April 2021

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30 March 2021

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17 June 2020

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Scale-up Insights episode six - Employee incentives

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04 September 2019

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24 July 2019

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18 July 2019

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05 October 2020

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05 October 2020

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20 August 2025

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12 December 2022

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21 October 2021

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18 January 2021

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12 November 2020

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