Richard Leeming > Burges Salmon LLP > Bristol, England > Lawyer Profile

Providing ‘top-quality legal expertise’, Burges Salmon LLP‘s banking and finance team is regularly involved in large financings, transactions, and investments, representing a range of corporates, banks, alternative lenders, and investors. Andrew Eaton leads the practice, with real estate finance expert Richard Leeming, corporate lending specialist Rachael Ruane, and experienced energy and infrastructure finance lawyer Graham Soar  also being integral members of the team. Katie Allen is prominent in the hotel and built environment sectors, whereas Victoria Allsopp adds further depth to the renewable and infrastructure project finance element of the practice.

Headquartered in Bristol, Burges Salmon LLP routinely works across the residential, retail, and office space sectors. Joining the firm from Maples Teesdale LLP in April 2023, Rohan Campbell, ‘an excellent facilitator, finance partner, and very experienced’, serves as practice head. Paul Browne specialises in lender-side mandates, working on facility agreements across various assets. Other key figures include Richard Leeming , who has strong experience in build-to-rent, hospitality, and retail assets.

Combining ‘detailed technical knowledge with an overriding commercial awareness and pragmatism’, Burges Salmon LLP remains popular among creditors and debtors in relation to investment-grade debt and syndicated loans across the firm’s sector specialisms in energy, infrastructure and real estate. Victoria Allsopp provides ‘technically strong and very commercial’ advice to borrowers within the renewable energy sector. The ‘exceptional’ Rachael Ruane and Graham Soar are also key members of the team, with both regularly handling general corporate lending work for listed companies and large private entities, while Richard Leeming focuses on real estate finance. Andrew Eaton heads the team.