Rich Eldridge > Clarke Willmott LLP > Southampton, England > Lawyer Profile
Clarke Willmott LLP Offices
BURLINGTON HOUSE, BOTLEIGH GRANGE BUSINESS PARK
HEDGE END
SOUTHAMPTON
SO30 2DF
England
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Rich Eldridge
Work Department
Corporate
Position
Rich is a partner at Clarke Willmott LLP. Rich is an established banking & finance lawyer. Rich can advise on a wide range of financings including for working capital, equity releases, acquisitions and developments. Rich’s expertise includes negotiating facility agreements, security agreements and intercreditor agreements. Rich can advise on documents based upon Loan Market Association templates as well as shorter documents. Rich has appeared on Panorama. He has been quoted in the printed press including The Telegraph, The Times and The Independent.
Career
Linklaters 2000 to 2006 (trainee 2000 to 2002). Blake Lapthorn 2006 to 2012 (Partner from 2009). Manches, Partner 2012 to 2013. Penningtons Manches, Partner, 2013 to 2019. Clarke Willmott, Partner, 2019 to present.
Education
University of Southampton, LL.B, First Class 1999
Lawyer Rankings
South East > Finance > Banking and finance
(Hall of Fame)The ‘knowledgeable and commercial‘ Southampton-based practice at Clarke Willmott LLP has a great deal of expertise in contentious banking and finance matters, in addition to knowledge of development finance work. Rich Eldridge
and Joseph Campbell jointly co-head the practice. Eldridge has varied expertise handling bank loans for care homes, LIBOR rigging issues and intercreditor arrangements, while Campbell has longstanding experience in handling secured lending real estate matters. Peter Swinburn acts as managing director of the national real estate team, and is particularly experienced in advising on taking security over real estate.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Hampshire
- Real estate > Commercial property: Hampshire
- Employment > Employment: Hampshire
- Real estate > Environment and planning
- Real estate > Social housing
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Hampshire
- Real estate > Construction