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Mark Norris

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Sullivan & Worcester LLP

Sullivan & Worcester LLP

England - London • Finance

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Trade finance

The dedicated trade finance practice at Sullivan & Worcester LLP is ‘very knowledgeable, practical and results-orientated’. The firm has one of the largest teams at partner level, with practice heads Geoffrey Wynne, Simon Cook and Mark Norris all being standout practitioners who garner praise from both clients and peers. Head of both the UK insurance and disputes practices, Marian Boyle is a key member of the trade finance group, as is newly promoted partner Daniela Barrdear, who acts for banks and non-bank financial institutions, development finance institutions (DFIs), multilateral organisations, and borrowers. Barrdear has in-depth knowledge of supply chain finance techniques, alongside blended finance and export finance matters, notably in emerging markets. She recently led a team that assisted EBRD with its unfunded risk participation in Türkiye’s Akbank credit facility programme for Sok- a leading retailer in Türkiye. Clients appreciate the team’s seniority, noting that ’the number of years of experience translates into valuable insights and legal advice’. Robert Parson recently joined the firm from Squire Patton Boggs.
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Work Department
Trade & Export Finance Group
Position

Mark's practice covers cross border inward investment, syndicated lending, structured export credit finance, structured trade and commodity finance, debt restructurings and asset finance. He has been recognised in The Legal 500 UK as "excelling" in structured export credit transactions and is praised for his "commercial and user-friendly approach."

Mark advises on ESG financings including hospitals, clean energy and transportation, and advises on financial crime, modern slavery, bribery and corruption issues in connection with trade and export finance. He led Sullivan’s response to the UK Government's consultation on UK Export Finance (UKEF)'s anti-bribery and corruption policy, with many of his recommendations accepted by the UK Government.

He has advised financial institutions, funds, corporate borrowers, agents and trustees, and national and supranational sovereign/quasi-sovereign organisations on award-winning finance transactions throughout Africa, Western, Central and Eastern Europe, Russia and the CIS and the Middle East.

Mark has extensive sector experience in infrastructure financing across Africa including off-grid power, healthcare and transportation, and has lived and practised law in the Czech Republic (Prague), England (London), Germany (Düsseldorf and Frankfurt) and Russia (Moscow).

Mark holds graduate and post-graduate degrees with honours from the London School of Economics.

Career

Joined Sullivan & Worcester in 2013

Memberships
  • Export Finance and Trade Committee, British Bankers Association
  • Trustee, National Youth Agency
  • Royal African Society
  • Royal Institute of International Affairs
Education
  • London School of Economics and Political Science, LLM, 2010
  • College of Law, Law Society Finals, 1989
  • College of Law, Common Professional Examination, 1988
  • London School of Economics and Political Science, BSc (Economics), 1987

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