Paula Laird > Squire Patton Boggs > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Squire Patton Boggs Offices
60 LONDON WALL
LONDON
EC2M 5TQ
England
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Paula Laird
Work Department
Financial Services
Position
Partner
Lawyer Rankings
London > Finance > Asset based lending
(Leading individuals)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.
London > Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
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.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading individuals London > Finance > Asset based lending
- Asset based lending London > Finance
- Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans London > Finance
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Firm Rankings
- Finance > Asset based lending
- Risk advisory > Corporate governance
- Employment > Health and safety
- Employment > Immigration
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Lower Mid-Market Deals, £100m-£750m
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Employment > Pensions: dispute resolution
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £250m)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Finance > Trade finance
- Dispute resolution > Commodities disputes
- Finance > Derivatives and structured products
- Employment > Employers
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Power (including electricity, nuclear and renewables)
- Industry focus > Retail and consumer
- Real estate > Environment
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Licensing
- Industry focus > Life sciences and healthcare
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Advertising & marketing
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Mining and minerals
- Insurance > Product liability: defendant
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- Transport > Shipping
- Industry focus > TMT
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management
- Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Real estate > Property finance
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Private prosecutions
- Dispute resolution > Public international law