Banking & Finance
Our Banking & Finance team has a wealth of experience in all aspects of banking & finance transactions. We act for many of the leading banks, financial institutions and corporate borrowers, providing the full range of banking services from corporate lending to restructuring and recovery.
We also provide specialist support in areas such as structured and Acquisition Finance, Real Estate Finance and Asset Based Lending transactions. We are one of the few firms with the combined cross-border expertise to offer a comprehensive range of services to lenders and borrowers across the UK. We are also able to advise on funding transactions in the Middle East, including Islamic Finance.
We recognise the need to marry technical expertise with business sense and focus on giving legal advice in a commercial context, identifying solutions and getting the deal done. Whether the lending is to support a project, acquisition or business, our team will work closely with you to ensure that our service is tailored to meet your needs.
Related news, events
and publications
News
15th April 2013
Trade finance - Are things getting better?
One of the key planks in the government's strategy to help stimulate business activity is to support firms which are looking to export their products. To this end, numerous schemes have been introduced which, it is fair to say, have met with varying degrees of failure. Last summer UK Export Finance acknowledged publicly that it had serious concerns at the lack of uptake for its various schemes and undertook a review of the schemes themselves and how their take-up could be improved. Rather chasteningly, the introduction to the review revealed that, in the first 30 months of its operation, Letter of Credit Guarantees had been used to support just 5 transactions, the total value for which £2 million.
Latest publications
England
1st February 2013
Finance News Winter 2013
UK
18th March 2013
Duty to act in good faith implied into commercial contracts
15th March 2013
Corporate finance deals 2012
23rd October 2012
Business News Autumn 2012
Publication archive
“The banking & finance team excels across a wide range of areas from acquisition finance and asset-based lending to private equity work. Clients are happy to commend the firm's extensive banking expertise and say it is always at hand to provide support and advice through the transaction process. Sources feel that they are provided with a highly active, excellent, knowledgeable service from senior team members”
Chambers UK 2013
“The firm has a strong team who provide prompt responses and quick turnaround times”
Legal 500 2012
“Always focused and available when you need them. A real asset on any transaction”
Ian Howey, Yorkshire Bank
Contacts
England
Birmingham
Andrew Madden
dt: +44 (0) 121 234 0034
df: +44 (0) 121 234 0003
m: +44 (0) 7718 559 655
e: Andrew Madden
England
London
Colin Mattis
dt: +44 (0) 20 7653 1615
df: +44 (0) 20 7653 1601
m: +44 (0) 7921 490 183
e: Colin Mattis
England
Manchester
Rick Sealy
dt: +44 (0) 161 836 7821
df: +44 (0) 161 836 7701
m: +44 (0) 7917 433 168
e: Rick Sealy
England
Nottingham
Anna Mayfield
dt: +44 (0) 115 983 8234
df: +44 (0) 115 983 8201
m: +44 (0) 7890 569 504
e: Anna Mayfield
Scotland
Edinburgh
David Kirchin
dt: +44 (0) 131 222 9813
df: +44 (0) 131 222 9800
m: +44 (0) 7990 548 099
e: David Kirchin
