Our services
We advise on all aspects of banking and finance including:

• Secured and unsecured corporate lending


• Merger and acquisition finance


• Real estate acquisition and development funding


• Provision of venture capital


• Syndicated lending


• Refinancing


• Asset based lending

In the corporate transactions that we deal with debt finance often plays a key role. We advise
funders and acquirers on its implications, including legal due diligence, the protection provided by
and relevance of acquisition and investment paperwork, the warranties and covenants incorporated in facility agreements and other security, guarantee and inter-creditor issues. Our experience means we understand the pressure points on all sides of a transaction.

Our clients
Our clients include:

• Alliance & Leicester plc


• Bank of Scotland plc


• Svenska Handelsbanken


• Lloyds TSB Bank plc


• HSBC Bank plc


• Royal Bank of Scotland plc

As well as venture capital and specialist funders and corporate and individual borrowers.

What our clients say about us
“A regional firm that is comparable to London firms for quality of service.”
Legal 500

“Its banking and finance department comprises commercially minded, focussed, user friendly lawyers who manage to ‘avoid the legalease’ used when discussing issues. The lawyers know the marketplace well from both banking and corporate finance angles.”
Chambers and Partners