Antony Cotton > Druces LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Druces LLP Offices
SALISBURY HOUSE
LONDON WALL
LONDON
EC2M 5PS
England
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Antony Cotton
Work Department
Corporate and Commercial
Position
Antony is a Partner and the Head of Banking & Financial Services in the Corporate and Commercial team.
He has built up a wealth of expertise in transactional work such as advising clients on M&A, private investment, and joint ventures.
Over time, Antony’s practice has pivoted away from general corporate transactional work and towards financial services. Today he spends much of his time advising banks and other lending institutions and corporate borrowers on a wide array of leveraged financing transactions including acquisition, real estate and trade finance as well as general corporate lending and Sharia’a compliant finance.
Antony regularly advises clients on FCA regulatory issues surrounding financial promotion and regulated activities. He also advises managers in relation to the set-up, structuring and documenting of property, venture, debt and hedge funds.
Career
Australian born, he is admitted as a solicitor in both Australia (Queensland) and England & Wales.
Education
Antony holds a Bachelor of Business degree, majoring in banking and finance.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Finance > Islamic finance
Deploying a multi-disciplinary approach which leverages the expertise of lawyers with substantial Islamic finance expertise within core areas of focus for the firm, including corporate, M&A, real estate and banking, Druces LLP provides a very effective service to financial institutions, corporates and investors providing or seeking finance utilising a variety of Shariah-compliant products. Christopher Axford, who co-heads the team alongside Antony Cotton, handles a significant volume of Shariah-compliant property finance mandates for core client, Bank of London and The Middle East.
London > Real estate > Property finance
Druces LLP stands out for its in-house capabilities and experience in Sharia compliant real estate financing and its work representing syndicators of investment property. Antony Cotton heads the practice. Christopher Axford takes the lead of Sharia-compliant financing, while Suzanne Middleton Lindsley‘s practice focuses on syndicate work and development finance.
London > Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m
Praised for both its ‘pragmatism and commercial acumen’, the corporate team at Druces LLP works on a host of complex M&A transactions for clients operating in the healthcare, infrastructure and Sharia compliant finance sectors. Practice head Christopher Axford continues to advise leading players in health and social care, with a particular interest in regulated businesses and Sharia compliant structuring. The ‘terrific’ Antony Cotton is a key port of call for early-stage companies operating in the fintech sector. Caroline Cropley – who heads up the corporate restructuring practice – was promoted to partner in May 2023.
Lawyer Rankings
- Islamic finance London > Finance
- M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m London > Corporate and commercial
- Property finance London > Real estate
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Finance > Islamic finance
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Real estate > Residential property
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Industry focus > Emerging markets
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Real estate > Property finance
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Real estate > Construction: contentious