Stephenson Harwood

Finance

Jonathan is a partner in the firm's finance team. He has a strong reputation across a range of debt finance transactions with a focus on real estate finance, debt restructuring and corporate trusts. Jonathan is popular with clients who appreciate his strong transactional experience and commercial approach.

Jonathan advises lenders, borrowers and other stakeholders on a wide variety of finance transactions across Europe, the United States, Asia and the Middle East.  Jonathan has also worked on a number of high profile restructurings involving bonds and bank debt and his clients include funds, joint venture vehicles, corporates, banks and corporate trustees.

He is popular with clients for his commercial awareness and forms a key part of the firm's banking team and restructuring, which is characterised by its high quality advice and commercial approach.

Jonathan's recent high-profile instructions include acting for a syndicate of lenders on the £750 million financing of The Langham Estate, acting for a lender syndicate in relation to distressed shopping centre assets and acting for a borrower-side listed investment fund on financing around a UK brewery.

Jonathan has recently acted across a number of market leading and innovative bond restructuring transactions and has advised corporate trustees on a range of enforcement scenarios and distressed situations.

Jonathan has also played a key role in developing the firm's real estate fund clients over recent years (acting on many real estate financings for funds managed by Schroders) and in expanding the firm’s client base generally. Jonathan also leads the firm's relationships with The NatWest Group, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, Bank Leumi (UK) plc, BACB plc and Ocorian.