Shepherd and Wedderburn

Lawyers

Patrick Bell

Patrick Bell

Work Department

Banking & Finance

Position

Patrick is a leading transactional finance lawyer and a partner in the banking & finance practice. His clients include a number of commercial and investment banks as well as funds, corporates, sponsors and developers. Having advised both lenders and borrowers, Patrick has wide experience of the issues faced by different parties to transactions and his international experience (in South East Asia, and in central and Eastern Europe) means that he is particularly adept at dealing with issues in bringing complex cross-border transactions to completion. Patrick’s practice encompasses mainstream corporate lending, acquisition finance, infrastructure & project finance and real estate finance.

Career

Trained Linklaters; qualified 1993; assistant solicitor Linklaters, London and Singapore 1993-98; managing associate London 1998-2001; partner Warsaw 2001-05; partner McClure Naismith 2005-07; partner Shepherd and Wedderburn 2007 to date

Memberships

Law Society (England and Wales).

Education

St Chad’s College, Durham (1988 BA History); Guildford Law School (1989 CPE; 1990 Law Society Finals).

Leisure

Fishing, tennis.