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Eversheds LLP’s team is led by Philip Vaughan. It acted for Barclays in multimillion-pound lending facilities and for Morgan Stanley on mortgage portfolio sales. RBS and Lloyds are core clients.

Geldards LLP delivers a ‘consistently responsive service which demonstrates sector knowledge’. 
Practice head Karl Baranski provides ‘a commercial, prompt response and quality participation at 
meetings’, and Andrew Morris, who focuses on 
corporate finance, ‘approaches the task in hand in 
a calm and methodical manner’. The firm acted on Lloyds’ £20m acquisition funding for Brains Brewery, 
and Barclays Bank’s £50m lending to the WRU. Other clients include Finance Wales, Co-op Bank and Santander.

Hugh James’ team has ‘sector knowledge of a high standard’ and is led by ‘excellent lawyer’ Dominic Marshall. It acted for Santander on refinancings and Finance Wales on SME investments. Robert Morgan acted for the WRU/Millennium Stadium as borrowers to a multimillion-pound facility. Noted for his real estate finance expertise, Christopher Agius acts for Co-op Bank on high-value lendings.

M & A Solicitors LLP’s Beverley Jones advised AIM-listed IQE plc on a share issuance which raised £20.8m, and on a £6m investment into Cardiff City FC.

Morgan Colecalls on various specialist teams to provide an all-round commercial solution’. It acted for HSBC and Lloyds on secured lending matters, and provided regulatory advice to Finance Wales, housing associations and building societies. Practice head Meryl Morgan ‘brings an additional commercial perspective to her role gained from working within the banking sector’.

A ‘forward-thinking practice’, Morgan LaRoche Limited provides ‘excellent professional, local knowledge’. Led by William Barletta, it acted for a private investor on SME and plc ventures, and has 
panel appointments to Principality, Nationwide and NatWest.

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