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15 APPOLD STREET, LONDON, EC2A 2HB, ENGLAND

Tel:: Work 020 7814 8000
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DX:: 530 LONDON CITY EC2

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Celia Gardiner

Tel:: Work +44 20 7814 8000
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International project and structured finance group, London.

Position

Partner whose practice consists principally of international trade and commodities finance. Acts for banks, non-bank lenders, commodities houses and trade borrowers. Clients include BHP Paribas, Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, ING Bank NV, Vitol SA, Stemcor and Trafigura. Also works on corporate debt restructuring and insolvencies.

Career

Bank of England 1984-87; Norton Rose 1989-2000; Landwell (now PwC Legal) 2000-03; Richards Butler LLP 2003-06; Reed Smith Richards Butler LLP 2007; Watson, Farley & Williams 2008.

Languages

Spanish (fluent), Portuguese (moderate).

Member

Law Society of England and Wales.

Education

Emmanuel College, Cambridge (1984 BA Hons Classics; 1989 Law Society Finals Hons).

Practice Areas

Banking (non-contentious); Commodities and futures

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