
Leading Weightmans LLP‘s Liverpool-based banking and finance group is Patricia Grinyer, who is highly experienced in the establishment and operation of various fund types, financing, banking and security work. Like Grinyer, the broader team focuses on public sector finance and advice to fund managers, while also handling mainstream banking matters and consumer finance regulations. The team was bolstered in May 2024 with the addition of Deepak Purushothaman from Hill Dickinson LLP, who is active on both borrower and lender-side mandates, handling leveraged and structured finance. John Kemp is a key name in the department and handles acquisition financing, fund establishment, refinancing and restructuring.
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Key clients
- Octopus Capital Limited
- Lloyds Bank Plc
- Coventry and Warwickshire Reinvestment Trust
- SWIG Finance Limited
- Maven Capital Partners
- North West Business Finance Limited
- West Midlands Combined Authority
- DSL Fund Managers
- Business Enterprise Fund
- HSBC Bank
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Practice head
Patricia Grinyer
Other key lawyers
John Kemp