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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

The ‘technically smart, commercial’ team at Shoosmiths LLP regularly advises lenders on a range of transactions, especially in asset-based lending. The firm also advises on leveraged and acquisition finance matters. Its work regularly involves cross-border elements. Jon Bew is the head of the team, whose experience includes asset-based, inventory and distribution finance. David Adams acts for borrowers and lenders in an array of financings, including pensions and education. Natalie Barnes is another noted member of the practice operating in the asset-based lending space.

London > Finance > Asset based lending

(Next Generation Partners)

Natalie Barnes – Shoosmiths LLP

The ‘responsive’ team at Shoosmiths LLP provides ‘high-quality’ advice to a creditor-focused client base across a range of ABL solutions to borrowers in the domestic market. Under the leadership of the ‘outstanding’ Jon Bew, the Birmingham-based transactional team has established particularly strong traction in relation to bilateral mid-market mandates, where clients benefit from its deep familiarity with documentation, enabling it to provide a ‘very efficient and cost-effective’ service on multiple ongoing mandates. Bew is aided by Natalie Barnes, ‘who works well with the counterparty advisers’ to ensure that deals progress in a timely and pragmatic fashion. On the non-contentious front, lender clients benefit from the expertise of London-based Andrew Bowden-Brown, who is able to assist on security and enforcement issues, including as these relate to fraud, asset tracing and debt recovery.

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