Michael Black > Norton Rose Fulbright > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Norton Rose Fulbright Offices
3 MORE LONDON RIVERSIDE
LONDON
SE1 2AQ
England
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Michael Black
Work Department
Banking and Finance; Real Estate Finance
Career
Lawyer Rankings
London > Finance > Asset based lending
(Leading individuals)Drawing upon ‘deep industry knowledge’, Norton Rose Fulbright provides ‘very commercial’ advice to funders, corporates and sponsors across a wide-range of ABL techniques, including in the context of bilateral and syndicated facilities. Under the guidance of the ‘excellent’ Michael Black, the team has forged a very successful practice handling domestic as well as big-ticket cross-border mandates. Much of the international work is for core lender client, Bank of America, which is appreciative of the firm’s ability to provide complex structured advice which incorporates ABL facilities alongside other debt in the capital structure. Alex Dunn has ‘extensive ABL knowledge on both UK and cross-border transactions’, and is a key member of the team, as is counsel Helen Masri, who is noted for her ‘exceptional technical ABL knowledge’ and ability to provide ‘thoughtful and creative solutions’.
London > Finance > Acquisition finance
At Norton Rose Fulbright, the ‘responsive and knowledgeable’ finance team handles a considerable volume of acquisition finance work for its creditor-focused client base. Michael Black , who co-heads the team alongside energy and infrastructure finance expert Madhavi Gosavi , has broad knowledge across myriad finance products, including a market-leading ABL offering, which he regularly deploys as a key part of the finance package to facilitate large-scale cross-border acquisition finance deals. The firm’s emerging markets prowess also regularly elicits acquisition and event-driven finance mandates for commercial and development banks.
London > Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
The ‘practical and innovative’ team at Norton Rose Fulbright has gained a particularly strong reputation advising lenders and corporates on syndicated emerging markets deals, where it is able to provide a value-add service through the effective use of legal tech and partnering with lawyers across the firm’s vast international network. Neha Khosla leads on much of this work from London and has built up a strong reputation for her collaborative approach and strength at advising on multi-source financings. As well as his role as global IBOR transition head, Davide Barzilai has ‘wide experience in different areas of bank lending’, including ECA-supported mandates, ABL and Islamic finance, ensuring that he is a popular choice on complex international syndicated mandates. ABL expert Michael Black heads up the general London banking team, while Madhavi Gosavi is head of banking and finance for the EMEA region.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading individuals London > Finance > Asset based lending
- Asset based lending London > Finance
- Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans London > Finance
- Acquisition finance London > Finance
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Transport > Aviation
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Industry focus > Emerging markets
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: Project finance and development
- Finance > Islamic finance
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Mining and minerals
- Finance > Trade finance
- Finance > Transport finance and leasing
Firm Rankings
- Finance > Asset based lending
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Dispute resolution > Commodities disputes
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Risk advisory > Corporate governance
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Finance > Debt capital markets
- Finance > Derivatives and structured products
- Real estate > Environment
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – mid-large cap
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Industry focus > Hospitality and leisure
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: M&A and acquisition financing
- Insurance > Insurance and reinsurance litigation
- Insurance > Insurance: corporate and regulatory
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Investment fund formation and management > Listed funds
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Power (including electricity, nuclear and renewables)
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Transport > Rail
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- Finance > Securitisation
- Industry focus > TMT
- Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Dispute resolution > Competition litigation
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Employment > Employee share schemes
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- Employment > Health and safety
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Real estate > Property finance
- Dispute resolution > Tax litigation and investigations
- Corporate and commercial > VAT and indirect tax
- Employment > Employers
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Upper Mid-Market And Premium Deals, £750m+
- Employment > Pensions: dispute resolution
- Real estate > Planning
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £250m)
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Transport > Shipping
- Finance > Acquisition finance
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: patents (contentious and non-contentious)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport