John Barker > Field Seymour Parkes LLP > Reading, England > Lawyer Profile

Field Seymour Parkes LLP
1 LONDON STREET
READING
RG1 4QW
England
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Work Department

Corporate/banking.

Position

Partner specialising in banking and finance advice for banks, other lenders, venture capitalists and borrowers on a full range of property finance, acquisition finance, project finance, cross-border and derivative transactions. Clients include: Santander, The Royal Bank of Scotland/Nat West and Ultimate Capital Ltd.

Career

Trained Norton Rose (1990-98); qualified 1992; Osborne Clarke (1998-2008), partner 2002; Boyes Turner (2009-12); Norton Rose (2012-14); partner Field Seymour Parkes in 2014.

Languages

(Basic) French, German.

Memberships

Law Society.

Education

Malvern College Worcs; Magdalene College, Cambridge (1989 BA Law; 1993 MA).

Leisure

Amateur dramatics, cricket, family.

Lawyer Rankings

South East > Finance > Banking and finance

Alex Illingworth leads the ‘highly competent‘ Reading-based team at Field Seymour Parkes LLP, which often acts for small developers and solar farms in matters concerning bridging and project financings. Illingworth advises a number of private lenders, borrowers and banks on the refinancing of debt facilities and revolving credit facility agreements, and ‘excellent banking lawyerJohn Barker often dispenses advice on asset finance backed deals.