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Our latest work

Our advisers act on domestic and international projects of all shapes and sizes, working with many of the leading names across this diverse sector. Browse our experience below, or use the filters to look-up recent work in particular geographies and legal disciplines.

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    Advised a leading financial institution on its investment in a Luxembourg alternative investment fund, focusing on global private equity secondary investments and targeting total commitments of $20 billion.

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    Advised a major UK retail and commercial bank on the increased facilities made available to a care home group owning multiple care home sites across Scotland.

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    Advised a club of UK banks providing term loan and revolving credit facilities to a group operating in the education sector.

  • Barclays Bank Plc

    Advised a group of 11 lenders with Barclays Bank PLC as agent on the refinancing of the Radius Business Solutions group of companies, a major international fleet services and connectivity business headquartered in the north-west of England.

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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.

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    Advised a UK clearing bank refinancing development funding in relation to a hotel in Soho, London.

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    Advised a leading UK financial institution on updating its market data addendum and playbook to align with current market practice and recent legal developments.

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    Advised a leading UK financial institution on the remediation of multiple contracts with market data vendors to ensure compliance with current vendor requirements across various jurisdictions.

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    Advised a leading investment bank, on reviewing and negotiating master services agreements with a leading Stock Exchange.

  • Asian Development Bank

    Advised Asian Development Bank, a multilateral financial institution, on the development and deploying of AI-based applications in the financial sector.

Our expertise, at your disposal

With over 490 partners and 3000 people around the world, we are well-placed to support you across a full range of legal and advisory services.

Legal Director

Shonagh is part of the UK Finance team. She has a strong reputation for advising lenders and borrowers on a variety of financing transactions. Shonagh has a particular focus on advising on corporate lending transactions and education finance matters.

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Partner

Hugo specialises in delivering technology backed legal services, and in the development and delivery of legal technology solutions for clients in the Financial Services sector. Hugo has acted for banks on major structural reform programmes and advises on transactional work across the credit spectrum from multi-jurisdictional leveraged loans to UK bilateral lending arrangements.

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Partner

Eran leads the Finance & Projects practice in France. He advises on project development, acquisition and project financing transactions in the energy and infrastructure sectors. He has extensive experience in banking & finance, including corporate and real estate finance.

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Legal Director

Michael specialises in Energy and Infrastructure finance, impact investment and sustainable finance across Europe and Africa, advising lenders, stakeholders and developers in project and asset finance transactions and acquisitions/divestments in the renewable energy, infrastructure and oil and gas markets.

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Partner

Matthew is a banking and finance partner specialising in all areas of structured cross-border finance.

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Partner

Nick specialises in complex debt restructuring and advising different stakeholders on issues arising in financial distress.

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Partner, Co-head of Litigation, Regulatory & Tax

Joanne leads the contentious insolvency team in Scotland and advises both insolvency practitioners and corporates on all aspects of distressed debt and recoveries.

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Pinsent Masons appoints Sarah Derbyshire as General Counsel

Multinational law firm Pinsent Masons has appointed Sarah Derbyshire as General Counsel.

Orbital launches Scots Law workflows for Commercial Real Estate following pilot with Pinsent Masons

Orbital has built specific workflows for Scottish commercial real estate work, built around Scots Law and Scottish real estate practice 

Pinsent Masons advises on £230m plus Penta Real Estate and Staycity Group London aparthotel joint venture

Multinational law firm Pinsent Masons has advised Penta Real Estate on its investment into a landmark £230 million-plus joint venture with Staycity Group and advised the joint venture on the financing arrangements for the development, which will deliver a 350-room Wilde aparthotel in the heart of London's Farringdon district. 

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