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Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP

ADELAIDE HOUSE, LONDON BRIDGE, LONDON, EC4R 9HA
Tel:
Work 020 7760 1000
Fax:
Fax 020 7760 1111
DX:
92 LONDON/CHANCERY LN
Web:
www.blplaw.com
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Singapore, Paris, Moscow, London, Brussels, Abu Dhabi

Michael Ewart

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Work +44 20 7760 4345
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Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP

Work Department

Banking and capital markets/finance.

Position

Banking partner specialising in acquisition finance, with a series of recent transactions for banks and equity houses, including Lloyd’s TSB Acquisition Finance, Singer & Friedlander Structured Finance and Close Brothers Private Equity. Also practises in consumer finance, including drafting CCA-compliant documentation.

Career

Career: Trained Waltons & Morse; qualified 1991; solicitor Waltons & Morse 1991-94; solicitor Simmons & Simmons 1994-99; solicitor Richards Butler 1999-2001; partner Richards Butler 2001-04; partner Berwin Leighton Paisner 2004.

Languages

Languages: French.

Education

Education: King’s College, Cambridge (1981 BA Hons; 1984 MA); College of Law, Chester (1987-89).

Leisure

Leisure: Opera, music, restaurants.

Practice Areas

Banking (non-contentious); Private equity

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