Corporate Finance
If you are looking to raise funding from a bank or other institution and would like advice on:
- how best to structure any loan facility or security
- how to take advantage of the Enterprise Finance Loan Guarantee Scheme
- the terms being offered by the bank
- the detailed provisions of the loan or other facility agreement, security document or related documentation,
or if you are looking to lend money and would like advice on:
- how to structure the loan and any security
- the commercial or legal terms you should offer
- the regulatory implications under the Consumer Credit Act 1974 (as amended) and the Financial Services & Markets Act 2000
we can help you.
If you are looking to raise finance by the issue of shares or debt securities, please see our Corporate section.
We have extensive experience in a wide range of banking/debt-raising transactions, acting for lenders or borrowers. Members of our Team have worked for several leading City law firms in London, Hong Kong and Australia and in those roles, have acted for a broad variety of institutional and other lenders and corporate, non-corporate and individual borrowers. The range of transactions we can handle and the variety of clients we act for (comprising sole traders, partnerships, small private companies, larger corporates and financial institutions) is wider than might be expected of a firm of our size. Our West Country location enables us to offer our clients cost advantages which larger firms cannot match.
Our range of services
- Corporate Lending: we can assist lenders and borrowers on syndicated lending arrangements, single lender/bilateral transactions, intra-group loans, personal guarantees, bonds, letters of credit and the refinancing of existing debts
- Security: we can review and advise on existing and proposed security arrangements and put in place often quite complex intercreditor arrangements
- Loan Rescheduling and Security Restructuring: if a borrower needs to restructure its borrowing or security arrangements, we can help with this
- Acquisition Finance: we can advise on the debt financing of a wide variety of acquisitions, including management buy-outs and buy-ins, institutional and other investments and exits. Types of financing can include general debt financing, invoice discounting facilities, debt factoring, loan notes and other deferred consideration arrangements
- Asset Finance: we can cover a wide range of transactions, including aircraft finance, equipment leasing and hire purchase or conditional purchase transactions
- Property Finance: we are experienced in advising on lending arrangements for property acquisitions and development projects and the realisation and enforcement of security over property by lenders and insolvency practitioners
- Project Finance: we can handle infrastructure projects and private finance initiative (PFI) schemes and public private partnerships (PPP)
- Capital Markets, including:
- commercial paper and debt issue programmes
- derivatives: we can advise on ISDA documentation and other OTC derivative contracts
- securitisations through trust or special vehicle arrangements
Contact Us
To contact our Corporate Team please call the number below or email one of our team.
Call 01392 207020