Bruce Wood

Areas of practice
Asset & Invoice Finance, Banking & Finance, Retail Banking , Corporate Law, Shipping & Aviation , Transportation Law

Bruce leads our Asset Finance practice and is a member of the firm’s banking and finance team. He is ranked as one of the top asset and invoice finance specialists in the UK and as the best lawyer for asset finance in Scotland.  Bruce recently stood down after serving as Chairman of Morton Fraser for twelve years.

He has specialist expertise in the areas of banking, asset finance, asset based lending and invoice finance, joint venture and international legal work, including the US market (in addition to his UK qualifications, he has a law degree from University of California, Berkeley).

He has experience in cost and tax-efficient deals throughout the UK and abroad - from big ticket work to consumer credit.   Last year he served on the FLA’s working party on the Consumer Credit Directive and is now a member of their working party on Regulatory Reform.  Bruce is also a member of Morton Fraser’s energy team.

Bruce’s book Leasing and Hire of Moveables, now in its second edition, is published by Butterworths as part of the Stair Memorial Encyclopaedia of the Laws of Scotland. Bruce has also written the Scottish section of Salinger's Law and Practice of Invoice Finance and produced a DVD titled All you need to know about Asset Finance Law.

Bruce is described by the Legal 500 as 'the undisputed expert in asset finance in Scottish law’.