
Led from London by Patrick Donegan and also able to draw from resources in key regional and international locations, CMS is well-positioned to provide ‘sound advice’ at a cost-effective price point to a lender-focused client base that includes international and domestic banks. Drawing upon ’a bottomless reservoir of knowledge and experience’ and a ‘strong read on the mid-market’, Tom Siggers excels in handling corporate lending work, including utilising bilateral and syndicated facilities for working capital purposes and for M&A purposes. Other key practitioners include Alex Patience, who regularly advises banking syndicates on investment-grade financings; Mark Moseling, who has niche healthcare finance expertise; and Charles Kerrigan, for fintech funding work.
Legal 500 Editorial commentary
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
- 'The cost-effective team provides reliable, sound advice, with a strong read on the mid-market and lower mid-market.'
- 'Commercial and pragmatic - they want to deliver the deal their client has agreed in a clean, efficient and collaborative way without trying to point score.'
- 'Tom Siggers is hard-working, responsive and easily one of the nicest guys in the mid-market.'
- 'Standout partner Tom Siggers has a bottomless reservoir of knowledge and experience. Cool, calm and composed at all times. A reassuring presence for any client.'
- 'Olivia Crundwell has endless reserves of energy and intelligence.'
Key clients
- HSBC
- Citibank
- Barclays
- FifthThird
- Unicredit
- Northern Bank
- BVCA
- JP Morgan
- Commonwealth Bank of Australia
- Aviva
- MetLife
- Legal and General
Work highlights
Acting for a syndicate of lenders (HSBC, Citibank, Barclays, FifthThird, Unicredit, Northern Bank, BVCA, JP Morgan) in $400m cross-border facilities for Volex plc.
Acted for the syndicate of lenders to British Solar Renewables on its first portfolio financing of solar PV and BESS projects.
Advised the creditors to Renewable Power Capital (RPC) on the closing of long-term senior facilities, totalling €555m, relating to a 553MW portfolio of onshore wind projects owned by RPC in Sweden.
Lawyers
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Practice head
Patrick Donegan
Other key lawyers
Charles Kerrigan; Anne Chitan; Kerry Langton; Ruth Marken; Mark Moseling; Alex Patience; Tom Siggers; John Dawson; Tom Hughes; Katie Duffield; Simon Johnston