At Mourant, practice head Gareth Rigby‘s workload has included private equity and UK real estate deals (some of which concern social care), with James Hill also active in similar areas, with a number of mandates coming from real estate funds. Mark Chambers‘ practice has included locally critical deals of late, and Robert Hickling is notable for heavyweight deals structured as schemes of arrangement. Paul Martin has relationships with several leading asset managers and Jon Woolrich, who straddles the corporate and finance space, is one of several partners active for firm trophy client CVC. Iain Millar and Neil McCarroll are key counsels in the team.

Mourant has a finance practice that covers a full spectrum of work across types of lending and different participants in the marketplace. Gareth Rigby  and James Hill both handle key real estate work, with Rigby also advising key names in private equity. Mark Chambers is active in fund finance on both the borrower and lender side. Robert Hickling is also active in the fund finance space, including advising some hedge funds, as is Paul Martin. Jon Woolrich has a broad practice financing all matters of assets from securitisations to private equity deals. Simon Gould is a notable name for financial services regulation, as is 2020 partner promotion Sarah Huelin. Iain Millar , James Daniel and Neil McCarroll are key counsels.

‘By any measure one of the leading firms‘ in the space, Mourant is active for a number of prestigious clients in this space. Felicia De Laat  advises CVC, alongside work for other clients, on traditional JPUTs and debt funds. Daniel Birtwistle handles traditional debt funds with relationships with top London practices in this space. Mark Chambers and Ben Robins are notable for real estate funds, with Robins also active in traditional blind pool private equity. Clients also praise group partners Joel Hernandez and Alistair Horn, while Matt McManus is a May 2019 counsel promotion. De Laat heads the Jersey team specifically while Robins is the global head of funds. Alex Henderson is a key senior associate.