Debra Cooper > Shoosmiths LLP > Manchester, England > Lawyer Profile
Shoosmiths LLP Offices

THE XYZ BUILDING
2 HARDMAN BOULEVARD, SPINNINGFIELDS
MANCHESTER
M3 3AZ
England
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Debra Cooper

Work Department
Banking and Finance, Partner
Position
Debra Cooper is a banking partner specialising in real estate finance. She has more than 14 years’ experience and regularly advises lenders and borrowers on investment and development transactions both on a syndicated and bilateral basis. In addition to specialising in real estate finance Debra also advises on acquisition finance transactions and general corporate lending.
Debra works with clients across the UK and also regularly advises clients in the Channel Islands and Gibraltar.
Recent transactions include:
- Acting for a 4 bank club (HSBC, Lloyds, Natwest and Santander) providing a £185m development and investment facility to Bruntwood Science Limited
- Acting for RBS International providing a £50m development finance facility provided for the World Trade Centre in Gibraltar
- Acting for a UK fund on the purchase of a portfolio of gym and leisure facilities
Debra is joint head of Shoosmiths’ Manchester office alongside Sarah Teal, and is responsible for the firm’s contribution to, and profile within, the local business community.
Career
Debra has joined Shoosmiths following 4 years as a partner at Squire Patton Boggs and 10 years at Pinsent Masons where she trained.
Memberships
Debra is also deputy chair of the Northern Investment Property Forum.
Lawyer Rankings
North West > Finance > Banking and finance
(Next Generation Partners)Shoosmiths LLP is known for its ability to act on complex structured transactions, particularly real estate and development financings. The team is equally able to act on behalf of private financiers, such as Lloyds Bank, and public financing bodies, notably advising the borrowers for Manchester’s The Blade and Colliers Yard developments. Practice head Liz Sweeney and Debra Cooper are key names in the team, which also acts on corporate and acquisition financings, with associate Alice Casey a key name in this segment.
Lawyer Rankings
- Next Generation Partners - North West > Finance > Banking and finance
- Banking and finance - North West > Finance
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Real estate > Commercial property: Manchester
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Manchester
- Employment > Immigration
- Real estate > Planning and environment
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Manchester
- Employment > Employment
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Employment > Pensions
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Real estate > Construction