Shepherd and Wedderburn
Lawyers
Patrick Bell
- Phone0131 473 5355
- Email[email protected]
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.