Julian Barker
UK Guide 2025
Band 1 : Social Housing: Finance
Band 1
About
Provided by Julian Barker
Practice Areas
Julian specialises in all aspects on finance made available to Registered Providers, including: bond issues (both wholesale and retail), private placements, syndicated and bilateral loans (sterling and other currencies), development finance loans, Private Finance Initiatives (PFIs), group refinancings in connection with mergers, intra-group lending and interest rate derivatives and related security.
He also advises on security trustee arrangements in connection with the group funding arrangements of Registered Providers including fundraisings on capital markets and property charging.
Chambers Review
UK
Julian Barker has extensive experience advising registered providers on funding opportunities, including bond issues, private placements and syndicated and bilateral loans. He has further strength advising on restructures of corporate financing.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Julian Barker is incredibly well connected, knowledgeable and experienced. He brings a confident pragmatism and makes speedy and wise decisions that amount to valuable, actionable advice."
"Julian provides a responsive and diligently delivered service that meets our needs."
"Julian ensures that his team always delivers a high level of service. He often turns around work to tight deadlines in order to meet our requirements."
"Julian Barker is incredibly well connected, knowledgeable and experienced. He brings a confident pragmatism and makes speedy and wise decisions that amount to valuable, actionable advice."
"Julian provides a responsive and diligently delivered service that meets our needs."
"Julian ensures that his team always delivers a high level of service. He often turns around work to tight deadlines in order to meet our requirements."