Judith Brown
UK Guide 2025
Band 1 : Banking & Finance
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About
Provided by Judith Brown
Practice Areas
Judith Brown is a partner in A&L Goodbody's Finance team in Belfast. Judith has extensive experience advising domestic and international lending institutions, funders and borrowers on a wide range of finance transactions, in particular corporate lending and security, property finance, acquisition finance and loan portfolio acquisition and sales.
Areas of expertise include:
• Finance
• Brexit
Career
Experience Advising:
- The Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland in relation to the disposal (by way of securitisation) of a portfolio of non-performing UK mortgages secured on owner occupied and buy-to-let investment properties.
- Aviva Life & Pensions UK Limited, Industrial Alliance Insurance and Financial Services Inc. and Pension Insurance Corporation plc in relation to their funding of Clanmil Housing Association Limited by way of private placement secured on a large portfolio of social housing assets located in Northern Ireland.
- AIB Bank in relation to the restructuring and refinance of multiple retail park investment assets.
- Barclays Bank in relation to the financing of Baloo Retail Park, Bangor.
- Benmore Healthcare group on the financing of the development of the Kings Hall Health Village in Belfast.
- European Investment Bank in connection with £130m social housing finance facilities provided to Apex Housing Association for the purpose of funding a large number of social housing schemes in Northern Ireland.
- Oakland Holdings on the financing of Merchant Square – a prime grade A office development in Belfast city centre.
Education
Trinity College Dublin
LLB
Queen's University Belfast
Cert. PLS
Law Society of Northern Ireland
Chambers Review
UK
Judith Brown is held in high regard for her expert representation of borrower and lender-side clients. Her broad practice includes loan portfolio sales, corporate finance, acquisition finance and real estate finance.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"She is a pleasure to deal with and is excellent at pre-empting issues."
"Judith is an expert in her field and has strong commercial awareness."
"She was a good listener with a positive attitude and a can-do approach."
"She is a pleasure to deal with and is excellent at pre-empting issues."
"Judith is an expert in her field and has strong commercial awareness."
"She was a good listener with a positive attitude and a can-do approach."