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gunnercooke LLP Offices

gunnercooke LLP
1 CORNHILL
LONDON
EC3V 3ND
England
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Clive Smith

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+44 (0) 7894 789 765 clive.smith@gunnercooke.com View profile View profile

Work Department

Rail and Asset Finance

Position

Partner

Career

Clive is a hugely experienced Asset Finance lawyer, who is routinely recognised in the legal directories as one the country’s leading practitioners in the Rail sector.

He has over 20 years’ experience, advising clients in respect of all things rolling stock-related, including its manufacture, purchase, finance, leasing, maintenance, modification and freight-conversion. He has advised on transactions in both the passenger and freight sectors and on both light and heavy rail projects.

Previous Law Firms

  • Partner, Addleshaw Goddard (2017–22)
  • Partner, Osborne Clarke (2011–17)
  • Associate, DLA Piper (2008–11)
  • Associate, Norton Rose Fulbright (2001–08)

Lawyer Rankings

London > Finance > Transport finance and leasing

(Leading individuals)

Clive Smith  – gunnercooke LLP

gunnercooke LLP has a focus on rail-related asset finance work following the arrival of Clive Smith  from Addleshaw Goddard in April 2022. Smith heads the fledgling team and is particularly recognised for his work on all things rolling stock-related, including its manufacture, purchase, finance, leasing, maintenance, modification and freight-conversion.

London > Transport > Rail

(Leading individuals)

Clive Smith  – gunnercooke LLP

(Firms to watch)

At gunnercooke LLP, Clive Smith  is ‘outstanding due to his drafting skills, pragmatism, ability to understand complex deal structures and ability to identify and solve problems that few people understand. He rapidly cuts through nonsense and creates order out of chaos ‘.

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