The banking and finance team at Gateley Legal has a notably strong private equity and acquisition finance practice, representing leading regional clients. Further, the team is regularly engaged by funders providing leveraged and corporate finance. With strong asset-based lending experience, the team is well-placed to assist a range of clients with their banking matters. Andrew Madden heads the Birmingham group, with a focus on structured finance and corporate lending deals. Chris Jones acts for a range of both lenders and borrowers on a variety of financing transactions, with strong knowledge of corporate and leveraged finance matters. Furthermore, Alison Davidson-Cox bolsters the team with experience in alternative funding solutions, and Sharon Malhi has knowledge of real estate and development finance transactions.
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Key clients
- Connection Capital LLP
- Lloyds Development Capital (LDC)
- Teacheractive Limited
- Frontier Development Capital Limited (FDC)
- GHG Solution Limited
- HSBC UK Bank Plc
- Wade Building Services
- Maven MEIF Debt Finance
- Shard Capital Partners / SCRP Fund I Finance S.A R.L
- Calthorpe Estates
- Santander UK Plc
- Story Homes
- HSBC, HEF, NatWest and Virgin
- Community Foods
Work highlights
Advised Connection Capital on its investment into the management buyout of Winder Power.
Advised TeacherActive on its £35m debt and equity investment from Pricoa Private Capital.
Advised Virgin Money and Santander on their £67.5m syndicated facilities to fund the acquisition of GenAir by Star Capital.
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Sharon Malhi
Practice head
Andrew Madden
Other key lawyers
Chris Jones; Alison Davidson-Cox; Sharon Malhi