Banking
Our commercially focused service is built on many years of practice in banking law. We combine extensive industry knowledge with a breadth of legal experience.
Our commercially focused service is built on many years of practice in banking law. We combine extensive industry knowledge with a breadth of legal experience.
Our skilled lawyers are experienced in advising clients on high value and/or complex UK and international financing transactions, involving senior and mezzanine, and private equity debt.
The team advise on all aspects of corporate lending, leveraged and investment grade financings (syndicated and bilateral), real estate and development finance, asset-based lending, fund finance, margin lending and specialist funding products.
In addition, we are an advisor to the European Commission on Blue Finance, providing strategic insights that are helping to shape policies that drive sustainable investment in marine ecosystems.
We deal with the full lifecycle of lending transactions, with specialist banking transaction lawyers preparing and negotiating the full suite of finance documentation, real estate finance lawyers preparing reports on title and certificates of title and jointly advising on recovery, insolvency and security enforcement.
Our lawyers are experienced in the drafting, preparation and negotiation of complex finance documentation, including the full suite of facility agreements, security documents and complex intercreditor agreements.
The team have in depth experience for assets across a wider variety of sectors and asset classes including but not limited to, real estate (commercial office, logistics, data centres, large scale residential, student accommodation, care homes, development projects, PBSA, care homes), corporate, art, emerging markets, ESG and sustainable finance.
Howard Kennedy is a member of the Loan Market Association, which ensures our lawyers keep abreast of changes in the market.
Our lender clients include Santander UK plc, Shawbrook Bank, Metro Bank plc, Octopus, Arbuthnot Latham, Bank of Beirut, Bangkok Bank, United Trust Bank, Cynergy Bank, Euro Bank, Handelsbanken, Rothschilds, and many of the UK's secondary and/or specialist lenders.
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Working closely with you, we'll find the best way to get you quickly and easily from where you are to where you want to be.
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