Banking & Finance
UK Guide 2025 : Thames Valley
Band 3
Email address
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01865 722106About
Provided by Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP
Our banking and finance team advises on a wide range of funding arrangements. The team acts for borrowers and lenders, including advising owner managed businesses and international banks.
Our expertise covers secured and unsecured credit facilities (bilateral and syndicated), development and property finance, acquisition finance, project finance, asset finance, receivables finance, trade finance, mezzanine finance and other structured finance transactions including complex intercreditor and security sharing arrangements.
The team has particular expertise in financings for technology businesses, care providers and educational organisations. The team also works closely with our construction and real estate teams to securitise construction projects and PFI schemes.
Chambers Review
Penningtons Manches Cooper is very experienced in advising lenders and borrowers on financing work. Its areas of work include MBOs, acquisition and education financing as well as bridge refinancing. The team draws its borrower clients from the construction and food and beverages sectors, among others.
Work Highlights
- Penningtons Manches Cooper advised Carver Group, as borrower, in relation to a £32 million term loan facilities agreement with HSBC UK Bank.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"The Pennington Manches Cooper team demonstrates a remarkable level of expertise and dedication, ensuring that even the most intricate legal issues are addressed with thoroughness and precision."
"The banking team is collaborative and knowledgeable in providing advice on both domestic and cross-border deals."
"They field a very experienced team with keen commercial awareness of the sector."
"The team is excellent. They display the right level of skills and input at each level."
"The Pennington Manches Cooper team demonstrates a remarkable level of expertise and dedication, ensuring that even the most intricate legal issues are addressed with thoroughness and precision."
"The banking team is collaborative and knowledgeable in providing advice on both domestic and cross-border deals."
"They field a very experienced team with keen commercial awareness of the sector."
"The team is excellent. They display the right level of skills and input at each level."
Notable Practitioners
John Chater advises borrowers and lenders on a range of transactions including real estate finance and acquisition finance.
"John Chater guides us through complex legal matters efficiently, providing proactive advice throughout the process."
"John not only delivers on our legal needs, but he ensures that he adds commercial value to our work."
"John is very good with clients and he gets the work done to a high standard."