Rick has over 10 years' experience acting on banking and corporate finance related transactions. He has experience in a very broad range of work acting for financial institutions and on shore and off shore borrowers of all sizes.
Rick is regularly involved in complex structured finance, real estate development and investment finance, secured finance and restructuring related work. In addition, Rick also advises on bond and surety related financing.
His clients include many UK clearing banks, private banks, other leading financial institutions and various bond and surety providers.
Advised Bank of Scotland Plc on the £410 million refinancing of Peel Holdings Plc's landmark 'Mediacity' development in Salford where the BBC are to relocate many of their departments to from around the UK and where Salford University are to also become an anchor tenant.
Advised a syndicate of HSBC Bank Plc, Lloyds TSB Bank Plc (lead bank) and Yorkshire Bank on a £75 million funding facility to Daisy Group Plc to enable it undertake a series of acquisitions.
Advised two syndicates consisting of The Royal Bank of Scotland Plc and HSBC Bank Plc and separately advising NM Rothschild & Sons Limited all in relation to the funding of Bluemantle Group.
Advised a UK company which owns in excess of 500 residential properties, has secured borrowings from ten different financial institutions and secured debts in excess £60 million on a strategic restructuring plan and its implementation.
Rick enjoys watching and participating in many sports and is a season ticket holder at Manchester City FC. He coaches a team at Manchester Rugby Club and also occasionally still plays!!
“Rick Sealy is very commercial and no-nonsense in his operating style. He takes a lot of weight off the client in a transaction and really homes in and focuses on the key issues”
Chambers UK 2013
Leading individual (Band 3)
“Rick Sealy is particularly respected for his work in the real estate finance sector”
Chambers UK 2012
Leading individual (Band 4)
“Rick Sealy is a well-regarded real estate finance practitioner”
Chambers UK 2011
Leading individual (Band 3)
“Impresses with his great advice and he really takes control of difficult transactions”
Chambers UK 2010
“Rick Sealy is recommended for his extremely straightforward, commercial and collaborative style”
Chambers UK 2009
“Has a good way of operating”
Legal 500 2008