Sullivan & Worcester LLP

International & Cross-Border Finance

Ellis Lawson has extensive experience across a wide range of finance products and geographies, having spent significant portions of his career based both in London and in the Middle East and having advised on transactions across Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

He has regularly acted for all commercial parties to financings, including arrangers, syndicate lenders, borrowers, sponsors and export credit agencies across finance categories including syndicated corporate lending (conventional and Shari’ah compliant), acquisition finance, project finance and real estate development finance. In addition Ellis has significant experience acting on debt restructurings and in connection with financial distress.

Ellis joined Sullivan & Worcester from a Magic Circle law firm in 2023 after spending 12 years working in their London, Dubai and Abu Dhabi offices.

Solicitor, Senior Courts of England and Wales, 2011

LL.B, University College London (UCL), 2007