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Sukh Ahark
Work Department
Corporate – Banking and finance.
Position
Sukh heads RPC’s banking and finance team and handles a wide variety of financing transactions, acting for a core client base of banks, financial institutions, corporate borrowers, fund managers, corporate trustees, individuals and pension funds. A significant part of his work involves advising on international transactions with a cross-border element. Sukh advises on acquisition financing, real estate finance (both investment and development), investment funds, private equity investment, hedging, securitisation, project finance (including renewable energy financing), receivables financing and structured finance. His team also has experience in advising on the contingent asset arrangements for final salary pensions schemes, working alongside the pensions group, and on complex regulatory matters, acting alongside the regulatory group.
Career
Solicitor at Herbert Smith 1996-2001; solicitor at Hammonds 2001-2003; partner at Hammonds 2003-2010; partner at Davenport Lyons 2010-2013; partner at RPC 2013.
Languages
Punjabi, Hindi.
Education
Caludon Castle School; Queen Mary’s College, Univisity of London (LLB Hons) (1994), College of Law London (1995) and University of Warwick (LLM) (1996).
Leisure
Football; theatre; travel.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
RPC‘s team of ‘experts in bank lending‘ is led by Sukh Ahark, who is known for his ‘excellent client and matter management skills‘. He works alongside recently promoted partner Edward Colville, who also leads the firm’s insurance finance practice. Key client sectors include retail and leisure, technology and insurance – the team has recently been advising AIG on financing arrangements encompassing multiple facilities from six international banks.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- Risk advisory > Corporate governance
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Digital content & social
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Theatre, publishing and other media
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management
- Industry focus > Retail and consumer
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Corporate and commercial > Customs and excise
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Employment > Health and safety
- Insurance > Insurance and reinsurance litigation
- Insurance > Insurance: corporate and regulatory
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Advertising & marketing
- Insurance > Product liability: defendant
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Dispute resolution > Tax litigation and investigations
- Industry focus > TMT
- Corporate and commercial > VAT and indirect tax
- Insurance > Clinical negligence: defendant
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Employment > Employers
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Gaming and betting
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Private client > Art and cultural property
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Dispute resolution > Competition litigation
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Industry focus > Life sciences and healthcare
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Lower Mid-Market Deals, £100m-£750m
- Corporate and commercial > Partnership
- Insurance > Personal injury: defendant
- Dispute resolution > Professional discipline
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £250m)
- Public sector > Administrative and public law
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans