National law firm expands its City banking and finance team

5th August 2011

National law firm, Gateley has made a key appointment in its London office. Colin Mattis joins the firm as partner to head up the London banking and finance team as it moves to expand its offering in the City. The appointment follows a successful 12 months for Gateley, which recently posted a record increase in turnover and entered into the Legal Week Top 50 UK law firms by revenue for the first time.

Colin joins the firm from Shoosmiths where he headed up its banking and finance South team specialising in corporate banking, acquisition finance, structured finance and property and development finance. He has represented institutional investors, UK and US banks and public and private companies working on UK and cross-border acquisitions and disposals, management buy-outs, joint ventures and private equity transactions.

In addition to his extensive banking and finance experience, Colin has advised clients in multiple industry sectors covering property, healthcare, technology, motor, retail and leisure, utilities and telecommunications sectors.

Paul Hayward is joint managing partner at Gateley and oversees the London operation. He said: "On the back of our successful track record in the banking and finance markets we are looking to enhance our City banking team as part of our strategy to build on our reputation as a national law firm. We are pleased to have been able to bring Colin on board to help develop this key area of our business and our London office which has more than doubled in the last two years.

"Colin has considerable experience in all aspects of banking and finance transactions and a determination to make things happen, which fits well with our approach as a firm. I'm sure he'll be a real asset to the business."

Mattis added: "The opportunity to lead and help expand a London based banking and finance team is hugely appealing to me and I'm looking forward to rising to the challenge.

"I'll be working closely with our well established corporate and real estate teams in London to capitalise on the new business opportunities that exist within the City as well building on my contacts around the M25 and M1 corridors."

Colin trained and qualified at Cobbetts in Manchester and since then has worked in City and international practices including the London office of Squire Sanders.