Phil Berry > Teacher Stern LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Teacher Stern LLP Offices
37-41 BEDFORD ROW
LONDON
WC1R 4JH
England
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Phil Berry
Work Department
Banking and Finance
Position
Phil is an expert in real estate finance with heavyweight experience in acting for a spectrum of lenders and borrowers.
He is very well regarded by his clients for providing sound commercial advice as well as having the technical knowhow. Clients have commented that he is “business orientated and pragmatic”. Phil is very proactive in driving deals towards closing and identifying complex issues, which have the potential to delay or even break the deal, at an early stage and finding solutions to overcome them.
An expert in property finance, Phil acts for banks and building societies on commercial property matters and both advises on, and drafts, security documentation.
Career
Phil joined Teacher Stern as a trainee in 1980.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Real estate > Property finance
‘Professional, responsive, efficient and personable’, Teacher Stern LLP acts for both lenders and borrowers in a variety of property transactions. Operating as part of the wider banking and finance group, the team is led by Claire Gibson, who was promoted to practice head in May 2023. Praised for her ‘wealth of commercial and technical knowledge‘, Gibson’s key workstreams include negotiating loan agreements and amending facilities agreements. Phil Berry, praised for his ‘unparalleled experience’, and Heledd Jones – ‘the ideal combination of responsiveness, efficiency, experience and decency’ – also come highly recommended.