Rob Fawke > gunnercooke LLP > Manchester, England > Lawyer Profile
gunnercooke LLP Offices
53 KING STREET
MANCHESTER
M2 4LQ
England
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Rob Fawke
Work Department
Banking & Finance
Position
Partner
Career
Rob is a highly experienced, skilled and well respected corporate banking lawyer. He is known for his clear, direct and commercially focussed approach to complex finance transactions. Rob’s expertise combines technical excellence, sector knowledge, commerciality and risk assessment. He prides himself on the speed of delivery and quality of his advice, his innovative thinking and business acumen.
Rob has significant experience in leveraged finance (primarily in the mid-market to sub-£10,000,000 transactions, and including MBOs, MBIs and IBOs), real estate finance (including the acquisition, development and refinancing and forward funding of a broad range of real estate assets), asset based lending and receivables finance, debt restructuring and corporate re-organisations and general corporate banking transactions.
Rob’s clients include financial institutions, asset based lenders, invoice discounters, funds/trusts and corporate borrowers. Rob acts for clients across the North West, nationally and internationally.
Previous Law Firms
- Pannone LLP, Partner: Head of Corporate Banking & Finance (2005–14)
- Halliwells LLP, Solicitor (2004–05)
- Addleshaw Goddard LLP, Solicitor (1999–2004)
- DLA, Solicitor (1996–99)
- Watson, Farley & Williams LLP, Trainee Solicitor (1994–96)
Lawyer Rankings
North West > Finance > Banking and finance
(Hall of Fame)gunnercooke LLP‘s ‘brilliant’ banking and finance team consists of specialists, with key names of note including the ‘extremely knowledgeable, very responsive and highly experienced’ Rob Fawke, who is based in Manchester, and Georgina Tripp who splits her time between Manchester and Leeds. The group advises a number of notable clients, including Santander, on the provision of loan facilities in connection with acquisitions and refurbishments, which is a key part of the team’s workload.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Manchester
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Real estate > Planning and environment