Paula Laird > Squire Patton Boggs > London, England > Lawyer Profile

The ‘very commercial’ team at Squire Patton Boggs, which is led from London by the ‘exceptional’ Paula Laird, remains a popular choice among a lender-focused client base across a wide range of ABL-related transactions, from both a bilateral and syndicated perspective. Many of these financing transactions utilise ABL debt in an event-driven scenario, where the team’s ability to leverage its broader financial services prowess, as well as international practitioners across Continental Europe and the US, is a strong selling point on deals which typically involve complex inter-creditor arrangements and multi-jurisdictional considerations. As Laird herself devotes more time to her managerial role as head of banking across Europe and the Middle East, a good deal of the day-to-day involvement is handled by director Tom Dell’Avvocato in London and from Leeds by Tom Telford, who are both well-versed in a range of domestic and cross-border deals for clients including Wells Fargo.

Led from London by ‘exceptional’ ABL expert Paula Laird and also drawing upon significant regional strength from Manchester and Birmingham, in particular, Squire Patton Boggs‘ versatile mid-market finance offering continues to generate a considerable amount of lender and borrower-side work for larger corporates/listed companies. Much of Ian Yeo ‘s varied finance work has a cross-border component, particularly as it relates to emerging markets jurisdictions. ‘Outstanding’ Manchester-based lawyer Matthew Ingram is also a popular choice among lenders and borrowers (including listed companies), including in relation to sustainability-linked financings.