Fiona Ghosh

Addleshaw Goddard

Addleshaw Goddard commercial partner Fiona Ghosh guides clients as they deal with the delicate intersection of tech and finance, helping them disrupt their businesses to carve out profitable opportunities.

Last year, she advised Volkswagen Group on a seven-figure joint venture with Ford, which will see an electric vehicle platform manufactured and sold to the latter in 170 markets. As a result, the firm has now secured a relationship with the automotive giant. As part of the agreement, Ford will produce more than 600,000 European vehicles using the electric, zero-emission architecture over six years.

The deal sparked a number of logistical, financial and operational intricacies for Ghosh, but the complexity of the matter did not stop her from taking on other projects. An adviser to a string of major banks, she is currently advising a financial institution on the debut of a banking platform for small to medium businesses, the first such type to be built from scratch.

A believer that fintech should boost financial inclusivity, since 2017 Ghosh has been running AG Elevate, a programme that gives £500,000 in free legal advice to support UK start-ups.