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Natalie Barnes

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Work Department

Banking & Finance

Position

Natalie is an experienced finance lawyer specialising in acting for both borrowers and lenders on asset based lending transactions, both domestic and cross border.

Natalie typically acts for financial institutions and corporates on asset finance transactions including receivables finance, plant & machinery loans, inventory loans, property loans and cashflow facilities.

Recent examples of work include:

  • acting for HSBC Bank Plc and HSBC Invoice Finance (UK) Limited in connection with a full asset based lending facility and term loan to support the management buyout of Parweld (manufacturer and wholesaler of welding equipment) and provide ongoing working capital;
  • acting for IGF Business Credit Limited in connection with a £3.9m invoice discounting and plant & machinery package to support Thames Card Limited (developer, manufacturer and distributor of payment, gift, loyalty and commercial cards);
  • acting for Arbuthnot Commercial Asset Based Lending Limited in connection with a £10.7m all asset finance package to support Anglian Windows (one of the UK’s leading end-to-end retailers, manufacturers and installers of home improvement products);
  • acting for Arbuthnot Commercial Asset Based Lending Limited in connection with a flexible £8m receivables finance facility to support the refinancing of MAN Commercial Protection Limited (a national high-end security services provider).
  • Natalie joined Shoosmiths as a partner in 2019 following six years at Irwin Mitchell and prior to that six years at Squire Patton Boggs.

 

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West Midlands > Finance > Banking and finance

(Next Generation Partners)

Natalie Barnes – Shoosmiths LLP

Shoosmiths LLP’s team is experienced in asset-based lending, leveraged and acquisition finance, corporate banking and real estate finance. The practice is led by Jon Bew, who is strong in addressing issues related to invoice finance, asset based lending, inventory finance and distribution finance. David Adams strengthens the team with his broad experience in areas such as real estate finance, domestic and international acquisition finance, and pensions finance, while Natalie Barnes specialises in asset-based lending.

London > Finance > Asset based lending

(Next Generation Partners)

Natalie Barnes – Shoosmiths LLP

Drawing upon ‘strong experience and knowledge of the ABL sector’,  Shoosmiths LLP provides ‘high-quality’ advice to a lender-focused client base, primarily on bilateral facilities, to help domestic SME corporates on new money facilities (for working capital and growth purposes), as well as refinancings. Team head Jon Bew ‘is always approachable, knowledgeable and practical’, ensuring he is a popular choice among non-bank lenders on the structuring of a range of ABL products (including receivables financing and supply chain financing), as well as in relation to the drafting of  their template documentation. Birmingham-based partner Natalie Barnes is also recommended.

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