Led from London by Madhavi Gosavi and able to wield vast international resources, Norton Rose Fulbright can provide 'responsive and commercially oriented' advice to an increasingly balanced mix of banks and borrower clients. The 'outstanding' Neha Khosla regularly advises clients in the oil and gas space, both in a conventional debt finance capacity as well as with regard to reserve-based lending facilities. Along with Alex Zekkos and Michael Ings, Khosla is also regularly engaged in emerging markets work and in structuring transactions which use commercial and export credit-backed facilities. Davide Barzilai's versatile lending practice ensures that he is 'very well placed to deal with projects covering different types of banking products in multiple jurisdictions’. Michael Black excels in advising banks on secured corporate lending facilities and is noted for his expertise at structuring cross-border deals utilising the ABL product.
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Testimonials
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- ‘One of the big pluses when you use the Norton Rose Fulbright banking team is the exceptional partner involvement – the partners are easily contactable and available for their clients and are involved in their files, properly supervising junior lawyers. In addition, sensible use of tech solutions and of their low-cost centre in Newcastle for certain tasks means that they keep their fees at affordable levels.’
‘The team is responsive and commercially-oriented.'
'Davide Barzilai is a great lawyer with a particularly wide range of experience, making him very well placed to deal with projects covering different types of banking products in multiple jurisdictions.’
‘Neha Khosla is an outstanding lawyer leading complex transactions.'
‘Neha Khosla is fantastic. Hugely commercial, sensible, calm, can see the bigger picture and gives counsel beyond her specialism but with knowledge of her parameters.'
‘Chris Akinrele is an excellent finance lawyer who has a deep commercial understanding of financial products and an excellent ability on how to deliver for clients.’
Key clients
- ABN Amro Bank
- Accel-KKR Credit Partners
- Africa Finance Corporation
- AIB Group (UK) plc
- ANZ Bank
- Banco Santander
- Bank of America
- Bank of China
- Bantry Bay Capital
- Barclays Bank
Work highlights
- Advised the Global Partnership for Ethiopia (GPE) and its operating subsidiary, Safaricom Ethiopia Telecommunications (Safaricom Ethiopia), on a landmark deal for $1.25bn to bring affordable internet, reliable mobile connectivity and technology access throughout Ethiopia.
- Represented eight bilateral lenders on a £800m financing to the Dyson Group of companies.
- Advised Standard Chartered Bank, Credit Agricole and JP Morgan on a €369m loan to the Ministry of Finance and Budget of Senegal. The loan, and the related interest rate hedging, is supported by a guarantee from the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency.
Lawyers
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Practice head
Madhavi Gosavi
Other key lawyers
Michael Black; Neha Khosla; James Dunnett; David Milligan; James Collis; Davide Barzilai; Alex Zekkos; Chris Akinrele; Grace Carpenter; Shivani Patel; Sunny Wong