Richard Scott
Partner, Head of Office, Aberdeen
Richard leads the firm's banking team in Aberdeen. He has a wide range of finance experience including acquisition finance, real estate finance and vessel finance, acting for both lenders and borrowers.
Richard's experience
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Advised a major UK bank on a £50m investment term loan facility to finance the acquisition of a prime London property.
- United Kingdom
- Financial Services
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Advised two UK clearing banks, on a £20m increase to an existing loan agreement to finance an acquisition.
- United Kingdom
- Financial Services
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Acting for a club of lenders in relation to the provision of $150m secured debt facilities to an offshore vessel owner and operator of emergency response and rescue vessels (ERRVs) registered in multiple jurisdictions.
- United Kingdom
- Financial Services
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Acting for the purchaser of a business owning a large fleet of vessels operating in the energy sector and using £15m secured debt to finance the acquisition.
- United Kingdom
- Energy & Natural Resources
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Acting for a club of lenders providing £70m secured debt finance in relation to the acquisition of newbuild vessels from a shipyard in China.
- Singapore & United Kingdom
- Financial Services
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Acting for the lender in relation to the provision of £20m secured debt finance to a vessel operator for the purchase of a newbuild vessel from a shipyard in Norway.
- Cross-border
- Financial Services
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Advising the lender in relation to the £20m refinance of facilities secured over a fleet of fishing vessels.
- United Kingdom
- Financial Services
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Advised Bricks Capital on the sale of the 402 bed development at Discovery Quay, Salford, Manchester.
- United Kingdom
- Infrastructure
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Acted for the seller of holding companies which owned the following purpose built student accommodation developments: 315 bed development at New City Road, Glasgow; 398 bed development at Upper Dean Street, Birmingham; and 402 bed development at Discovery Quay, Salford.
- £100m
- United Kingdom
- Universities & Education
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Advised Bricks Capital UK Limited on their student development scheme at Salford Quays. The scheme involves three phases with 402 student apartments.
- United Kingdom
- Infrastructure
Credentials
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2013Made Partner at Pinsent Masons
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2003Qualified - Scotland
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2001Joined Pinsent Masons
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2001University of Aberdeen – Diploma in Legal Practice
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1999University of Aberdeen – LLB (Hons) Economics
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