John Barker > Field Seymour Parkes LLP > Reading, England > Lawyer Profile
Field Seymour Parkes LLP Offices
1 LONDON STREET
READING
RG1 4QW
England
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John Barker
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 lawyer‘ John Barker often dispenses advice on asset finance backed deals.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Thames Valley, Berks, Oxon, M4/M40
- Real estate > Commercial property: Thames Valley, Berks, Oxon, M4/M40
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Thames Valley, Berks, Oxon, M4/M40
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Employment > Employment: Thames Valley, Berks, Oxon, M4/M40
- Private client > Family: Thames Valley, Berks, Oxon, M4/M40
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property
- Public sector > Public sector