Alice Overton > Devonshires Solicitors LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Devonshires Solicitors LLP Offices
30 FINSBURY CIRCUS
LONDON
EC2M 7DT
England
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Alice Overton
Work Department
Banking, Governance & Corporate
Position
Alice is a Partner in our Banking, Governance and Corporate team.
Alice qualified into the Banking, Corporate and Governance team in 2014 having completed her training contract at Devonshires. She joined the partnership in 2021.
Alice advises on a wide range of transactions including bank funding, bond issues, private placements, financial due diligence, loan security arrangements and intra-group funding.
Alice also leads the firm’s consumer credit work, advising many Registered Providers and Registered Social Landlords on consumer credit regulation, assisting with applications and variations for FCA permissions, advice on how to avoid regulation and on remaining compliant when regulated.
Education
Alice graduated from the University of Nottingham with a BA in English and Philosophy before completing the GDL and LPC at BPP College in Holborn.
Personal
Alice enjoys most sports and is on the lookout for her next half marathon. Her enthusiasm for football, and Liverpool FC, is confined to the armchair.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Real estate > Social housing: finance
(Next Generation Partners)For borrowers in the social housing sector, Devonshires Solicitors LLP is a go-to firm, with a large volume of registered providers in its impressive client base. The practice offers clients support with raising debt finance from banks or through the capital markets, as well as with ESG loans, borrowing from local authorities and funds, and joint venture funding arrangements. The ‘deeply knowledgeable’ Julian Barker
sits at the helm of the banking and capital markets team with expertise in bond issues, private placements, and syndicated and bilateral loans, and Sharon Kirkham chairs the securitisation practice with significant experience in refinancing transactions. Gary Grigor and Chris Drabble head up the Leeds-based banking and securitisation teams respectively. Other key members of the team include Natalie Swales, who specialises in non-contentious transactional finance work, Rachel Orgill-Harris, who is especially skilled in advising issuers on high-value public bond issues and bond programmes, and Alice Overton, who is sought after by housing association treasury teams.
Lawyer Rankings
- Next Generation Partners London > Real estate > Social housing: finance
- Social housing: finance London > Real estate
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Debt recovery
- Real estate > Social housing: finance
- Real estate > Social housing: local authorities and registered providers