We have an exceptional track record in assisting clients with all aspects of finance work and guiding them through the industry’s evolving legal landscape. Our specialist banking lawyers advise on the structuring, documentation and negotiation of all aspects of transactional work (including the taking and enforcement of security and the regulation of financial services).
We advise major banks and other debt providers, corporate borrowers and private equity investors on the structuring and documentation of leveraged buyouts, public-to-privates, bid financing, investment-grade financing and other acquisition-related financing transactions.
We advise clients on the acquisition, financing, leasing, maintenance and sale of a range of asset types, including aircraft, manufacturing equipment and ships. Our Asset Finance practice is characterised by high-value complex transactions, often with cross-border input and multiple layers of financing and legal structures.
We advise financial institutions and other creditors, insolvency practitioners, company directors and shareholders on corporate recovery strategies and all aspects of insolvency procedures. We also discuss pre-insolvency considerations such as wrongful trading and directors’ duties.
Our contentious insolvency team advises on the duties and responsibilities of the insolvency practitioner in litigation and on all forms of court application, sanctions, directions and transaction overturning.
We provide finance advice for corporate lending (both bilateral and syndicated), refinancing, subordination and inter-creditor issues, guarantees, indemnities and performance bonds, lease, contract hire, conditional sale and hire purchase facilities, security issues and other general banking matters.
We advise banks, financial institutions and funds, export credit agencies, multilateral institutions, corporates, government agencies and sovereign states on the procurement, structuring, risk management and documentation for a range of infrastructure projects.
Our services cover the following main sectors: Transport infrastructure, including ports, airports, roads and road management; Water networks and desalination; Oil and gas, both upstream and downstream; Power, including Renewable Energy Sources (RES); Waste management, including waste-to-energy and waste management projects; Education and Health; Property Finance.
We advise banks, other financial institutions and corporate borrowers on the financing or refinancing the acquisition, investment or development of real property assets, the transfer of large property portfolios and other property-related structured financing transactions.
