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About
Provided by Andrew Meakin
Practice Areas
Andrew has over 20 years' experience in the banking sector, focusing on corporate debt. While he has extensive experience in debt financing, he has particular expertise in the real estate space and in debt restructuring.
Most particularly, he is adviser of choice in respect of the provision of Scots Law advice to English and international law firms in relation to large debt restructurings and portfolio sales. His remit includes project managing large due diligence exercises, significant input to strategic planning and transactional delivery, operating as Scots lead on cross border and multi-jurisdictional transactions.
He has recently led all Scottish advice required on NatWest Project Mercatus - Loan Portfolio Sale (Publishable Matter 1), a significant transaction with a value in excess of £400m and the first of an expected new round of loan portfolio sales.
Andrew is particularly noted for his clear communication style, commerciality in negotiations and provision of robust, measured, advice in high value, pressured and time sensitive transactions.
Career
Andrew is a partner in our Banking and Finance team. His main focus is on debt finance, acting for UK clearing banks and UK and international lenders. He also has extensive experience in the sale and purchase of loan portfolios.
He has more than 25 years' experience of advising clearing banks, funds and other financial institutions, specialising in corporate debt financings and general bank advisory work. His debt finance experience covers a range of sectors including acquisition finance, real estate finance and debt restructuring and insolvency.
Chambers Review
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Andrew Meakin has deep experience advising lenders on debt finance and general banking matters. He has additional expertise in real estate finance.
Andrew Meakin offers considerable expertise in social housing finance transactions. He acts on behalf of lenders advising on investment, development and grant financing. He is also adept at acting for landlords on finance matters.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Andrew Meakin always puts the client's interests first and offers a pragmatic and tenacious approach to delivering results for the client at all times."
"Andrew is very effective, very knowledgeable, explains the peculiarities of Scots law and he is very proactive and comes up with useful solutions."
"Andrew is an excellent lawyer."
"Andrew Meakin always puts the client's interests first and offers a pragmatic and tenacious approach to delivering results for the client at all times."
"Andrew is very effective, very knowledgeable, explains the peculiarities of Scots law and he is very proactive and comes up with useful solutions."
"Andrew is an excellent lawyer."