Hugh James has excellent traction among UK clearing banks, alternative financiers as well as private and public sector borrowers, ensuring that it has good insight on behalf of clients as debtors and creditors across a range of new money and refinancing matters. Team head Dominic Marshall is well-versed on bilateral and syndicated financing structures to facilitate a range of activity, including for M&A, general corporate lending and real estate purposes. Rowena Downie handles a significant amount of the day-to-day work for core client Metro Bank, and is in more general terms noted for her skill at handling public sector-related financings as well as financings to facilitate renewable energy projects.
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Key clients
- Metro Bank
- The Welsh Government
- Development Bank for Wales
- HSBC Bank
- Lloyds Banking Group
- NatWest
- Welsh Rugby Union
- Hodge Bank
- FEI Foods Limited
- S.A. Brain & Co
Work highlights
Advised Metro Bank on the provision of finance to the acquirer of 51 TGI Friday restaurants as part of a significant rescue package from bankruptcy.
Advised Metro Bank on two refinances to a Care Home provider in England.
Advised a commercial lender on a transaction involving a significant investment into an existing borrower, a leading provider of digital transformation services for the energy and water sectors, as well as the associated change of control.
Lawyers
Leading partners
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Practice head
Dominic Marshall
Other key lawyers
Rowena Downie