Ian Shanks has spent over two decades in private equity as both a lender and equity provider. His experience dates back to building the Bank of Scotland's fund finance business in the early 2000s, and then later selling more than $1.5 billion of PE assets during the financial crisis. Today, Ian leads the fund finance business at Aberdeen Standard Investments.
Matt Taber is a Partner at global offshore law firm Harneys and leads its Cayman Islands fund finance practice. He has represented lenders in over 50 fund finance transactions in the last 12 months on the Cayman Islands aspects of their deals. FFF caught up with Matt this week for a Q&A.