Finance

Our Finance team provides specialist legal advice for both lenders and borrowers across the full spectrum of bilateral and syndicated financings.

Clients on the lending side include banks and other financial institutions as well as private equity investors, family offices and sovereign wealth funds. Borrower clients include corporate borrowers (both public and private) and high net worth individuals.

Our size and structure enable us to be flexible, efficient and highly responsive. Clients benefit from a personal service delivered by a consistent team, with strong partner involvement throughout.

We provide clear, practical advice, and regularly work with our other teams to deliver a seamless and comprehensive service. Our Finance team also collaborates closely with a network of lawyers in foreign jurisdictions and is experienced at handling both domestic and multi-jurisdictional transactions regardless of the timeframe or complexity.

Our services include:

Acquisition finance

Advising on leveraged and management buyout structures, including senior, mezzanine and unitranche debt packages.

Corporate lending

Acting on bilateral and syndicated loan facilities for working capital, refinancing and general corporate purposes.

Real estate finance

Advising on development, investment and bridging finance, including structured and multi-layered capital stacks.

Asset-based lending (ABL)

Structuring and negotiating lending facilities secured against receivables, inventory, plant, machinery and other tangible assets.

Fund finance

Acting for lenders and fund managers on capital call facilities, net asset value (NAV)-based lending and hybrid structures.

Project and infrastructure finance

Supporting major infrastructure, energy and public-private projects with complex, long-term debt structures.

Restructuring and refinancing

Advising on distressed debt scenarios, liability management, covenant resets and debt-for-equity conversions.

Debt capital markets

Supporting clients with bond issuances, private placements and other capital markets instruments.

Intercreditor and security structuring

Drafting and negotiating security documents, intercreditor arrangements and subordination agreements.

Regulatory and compliance support

Advising on financial regulatory considerations, including Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) compliance, financial promotions and cross-border lending risks.