Global banking and finance markets are becoming increasingly complex.
We can provide you with clear, jargon-free advice. Our team will advise you on the whole range of domestic and cross-border financing transactions including leveraged, real estate, structured, Islamic and receivables. We also advise on restructuring existing facilities.
We work with both lender and borrower clients, including the major clearing banks, commercial and private banks, non-bank lenders, investment funds, institutional investors, corporate borrowers, hedge funds and family offices.
We can assist you with complex transactions, whilst providing the hands-on, practical and tailored support that you need. With a Partner-led service and international relationships across the UK, Europe and the Middle East, our client relationships are long standing and we will work alongside you as your trusted adviser.
Meet the team
- Call Daniel +44 (0)20 7427 6788
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- Call Susan +44 (0)20 7203 5141
- Email Susan
- Call Isobel +44 (0)20 7203 5078
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Helen Coward
Compensating for past errors – HMRC’s retrospective change in approach to VAT on compensation
Reviewing the new approach what HMRC will apply to most payments that have been made in the past and all new payments made in future.
James Scott
IPSX – Real Estate’s new stock exchange
The IPSX is an FCA Regulated market and the first stock exchange for real estate in the world.
Victor Regnard
Luxembourg—cross border banking and finance guide
A brief overview of the current state of the loan markets in Luxembourg and significant recent market developments.
Megan Paul
COVID-19: Considerations for companies
An essential toolkit setting out key issues that companies and directors should consider during this uncertain time.
Daniel Sullivan
Charles Russell Speechlys advises Puma Property Finance on the funding of a new 150-bed hotel development
Puma Property Finance invests to fund the development of a new 150-bed “Hampton by Hilton” hotel in Buckinghamshire.
Jon Bond
COVID-19 Note
The impact of COVID-19 on borrowers of investment and development finance.
Daniel Sullivan
Charles Russell Speechlys advises Puma Property Finance on a £8.5m development loan to fund purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) in Brighton
Charles Russell Speechlys advised Puma Property Finance on a £8.5 million loan to finance student accommodation in Brighton
William Garner
Charles Russell Speechlys wins Banking and Finance Team of the Year at the British Legal Awards 2019
Our Financial Services team was delighted to be awarded the prestigious accolade at the British Legal Awards
Mark Howard
Points of practice: placings, acquisitions and MAR
This article looks at some important MAR related points when you are looking to fund an acquisition using proceeds from a placing.
Daniel Sullivan
Charles Russell Speechlys advises Puma Property Finance
This transaction further builds on Puma Property Finance’s extensive activity in the retirement living sector.
Yacine Diallo
Newsletter - October 2018
The African Development Bank (“AfDB”) approves new policy for investments into non-African private sector companies.
Jonathan Bayliss
Newsletter - Financial Services Institutions Briefing - April 2018
The latest edition of our Financial Services Institutions Briefing.
New CBB Governance Principles for Islamic Banks
Benjamin O’Brien-McQueenie considers the impact of the introduction of the new module in the Central Bank of Bahrain Rulebook.
Jonathan Bayliss
November - Newsletter - Financial Services Institutions Briefing
Welcome to the latest edition of our Financial Services Institutions Briefing.
Michael Lingens
Healthcare team advises on the sale of Minster Care in connection with the £160m IPO of Impact Healthcare REIT
Alice Wilne
March 2017 - Financial Services Institutions Briefing
Welcome to the fourth edition of our Financial Services Institutions Briefing.
Isobel Young-Herries
Personal Guarantees - Key considerations
When additional financial support is needed on a transaction, a personal guarantee can often be the solution.
Cultivation of Bahrain’s financial sector
The government has announced a number of key changes to legislation within the last few months
The Kingdom of Bahrain launches its first REIT
Bahrain’s first Real Estate Investment Trust launched to the public in November 2016.
Cultural Risk: Have the banks curbed reckless risk taking enough?
Have the banks curbed reckless risk taking enough? Convicted trader says “profits-first ask-questions later” culture is still alive and well