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Philip Abbott

Philip Abbott

Fieldfisher, London

Work Department

Financial Services

Position

PARTNER, CO-HEAD OF FINANCIAL MARKETS AND PRODUCTS

Career

Philip's clients include banks, debt funds, corporates, real estate investors and developers, fintechs and investors into debt funds and platform lenders.

The sectors in which Philip most often works include real estate, fintech, technology, hotel and leisure, student accommodation and life sciences.

Philip enjoys building high performing teams, establishing long-term client relationships, innovating solutions, delivering an outstanding client service and helping clients structure and close complex transactions.

His experience includes:

Advising lenders and borrowers on a range of development and investment financings in the UK, including a range of operating assets (hotels, student accommodation, care homes) as well as retail, office and logistics Advising an international lender on a range of debt financings in the innovation industries(fintech/life sciences/ tech) Advising overseas investors on the rescue by way of debt purchase, refinancing and rebranding, of a UK hotel portfolio that was in receivership Acting for a Nordic financial institution on its loan on loan financings to UK platform lenders, helping create much needed liquidity in the CBILs and RLS markets following the Covid 19 pandemic

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