Stuart Mansfield > Arthur Cox Belfast > Belfast, United Kingdom > Lawyer Profile

Arthur Cox Belfast
VICTORIA HOUSE
GLOUCESTER STREET
BELFAST
BT1 4LS
United Kingdom

Work Department

Banking and Finance

Position

Partner

Career

Stuart Mansfield is a Partner and Head of the Finance Group of Arthur Cox’s Belfast Office, Northern Ireland.

Stuart advises financial institutions and corporate borrowers on a wide range of domestic and international finance transactions, including secured lending (both syndicated and bilateral) and refinancing.  Stuart also advises financial institutions on distressed loan books, in particular debt restructuring and security enforcement strategies. Stuart has significant experience in structured finance transactions, such as loan mortgage portfolio acquisitions and disposals, securitisations and bond issuances.

Memberships

Law Society of Northern Ireland; Law Society of England and Wales. Associate member of R3 (the Association of Business Recovery Professionals).

Education

  • LLB (Hons), 2002, Queen’s University Belfast
  • LPC, 2003, Nottingham Law School
  • Admitted as a solicitor in Ireland, 2005
  • Admitted as a solicitor in England and Wales, 2005
  • Admitted as a solicitor in Northern Ireland, 2007
  • Diploma in Commercial Law, 2007, Law Society of Ireland

Lawyer Rankings

Northern Ireland > Finance > Banking and finance

(Leading individuals)

Stuart MansfieldArthur Cox Belfast

Arthur Cox Belfast‘s full service banking and finance practice is highly active for retail banks, investment funds, and private equity firms, including those based outside the jurisdiction. Team lead Stuart Mansfield is experienced in domestic and international finance transactions and handles secured lending and refinancing. Colm McElroy‘s practice includes debt restructuring and security enforcement strategies, as well as commodity, currency, and interest rate swap transactions. Sarah Thompson specialises in financial regulation, and is qualified to practice in Northern Ireland, England and Wales, and the Republic of Ireland.

Northern Ireland > Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery

Arthur Cox Belfast‘s team is experienced acting for directors, creditors, lenders and insolvency practitioners. Areas of expertise include debt recovery, corporate restructuring, and cross border insolvency. Stuart Mansfield, who leads the team, specialises in advising lenders and creditors on restructurings and insolvencies. Colm McElroy covers a broad range of refinancing and corporate insolvency matters, with a specialism in the management of non-performing loan portfolios.