John Chater > Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP > Reading, England > Lawyer Profile
Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP Offices
APEX PLAZA
FORBURY ROAD
READING
RG1 1AX
England
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John Chater
Work Department
Banking and finance
Position
Partner in the banking and finance team with experience in a broad range of finance transactions including acquisitions, real estate and project finance, loan servicing and general corporate banking on both the lender and borrower sides. He also advises on the restructuring of distressed businesses and insolvency procedures.
He has a particular focus on the technology, healthcare, hospitality and renewable energy sectors.
Career
Appointed partner in 2019.
Lawyer Rankings
South East > Finance > Banking and finance
(Next Generation Partners)Led by John Chater, Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP advises major banks on lending as well as assisting borrowers in sectors such as real estate and healthcare. The firm sits on the panels of a number of major national and international banks. Chater has broad expertise in advising on both sides of lending transactions, and leads the team from the firm’s Thames Valley office. He became a partner in July 2019 and is praised by clients for his ‘very precise and efficient approach’.
Lawyer Rankings
- Banking and finance - South East > Finance
- Next Generation Partners - South East > Finance > Banking and finance
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Real estate > Commercial property: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Thames Valley, Berks, Oxon, M4/M40
- Employment > Employment: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
- Employment > Employment: Thames Valley, Berks, Oxon, M4/M40
- Private client > Family: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
- Private client > Family: Thames Valley, Berks, Oxon, M4/M40
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Employment > Pensions
- Insurance > Personal injury and clinical negligence: claimant
Firm Rankings
- Real estate > Commercial property: Thames Valley, Berks, Oxon, M4/M40
- Employment > Employment: Hampshire
- Real estate > Environment and planning
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: Thames Valley, Berks, Oxon, M4/M40
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Public sector > Public sector
- Real estate > Social housing
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Thames Valley, Berks, Oxon, M4/M40
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate