Suzanne M. Taylor

Information about the specialist

suzanne.taylor@shoosmiths.co.uk

Practice Areas

Suzanne is a Partner within the Financial Services team at Shoosmiths based in our Manchester office.

Suzanne specialises in regulated and unregulated asset finance (with a particular focus on motor and equipment finance), consumer finance and financial services regulation. Over the past five years, Suzanne has assisted clients with a range of transactional asset finance deals and also provided clients with practical advice in relation to being authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).

Suzanne has developed a particular specialism advising mobile phone networks on the financing of mobile phone handsets in light of increasing handset prices and heightened regulatory scrutiny. Suzanne has assisted with designing customer journeys, drafting regulated loan documents and advising mobile phone networks on being FCA regulated businesses including providing training to senior management.

In addition, Suzanne plays a leading role in Shoosmiths debt buying and selling work acting for both sellers and purchasers of portfolios of regulated consumer debt providing advice on both the contractual aspects of the sale and issues of regulatory compliance.