England - East Midlands • Finance
Howes Percival LLP
Howes Percival LLP‘s banking department is a ’strong, vibrant team’, which specialises in general corporate banking and acquisition financing, acting predominantly for clearing banks, private banks and institutional investors in SMEs. Real estate finance is another specialism. Head of the practice Haydon Simmonds ‘is a very experienced banking lawyer’ and is the lead lawyer for lenders, sponsors and borrowing corporates. Lucy Lord is the primary property finance partner.
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Testimonials
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‘Strong Relationship end to end. Collaborative. Diversity of people. Good brand and reputation in the market.’
- 'Haydon Simmonds - Great, strong relationships builder, trustworthy, open and honest and always there to support and help where he can. Available and response time is really good.’
‘A strong, vibrant team that integrates well with the corporate offering of the firm.’
‘Haydon Simmonds leads the banking team and is a very experienced banking lawyer, with a strong client list and is a great person as well!’
'Jahid Ali is very visible in the business markets. He has been excellent with my clients with quality advice and always follows through with any actions agreed. Clients have also fed back to me to say how pleased they have been with the referrals.'
Key clients
- HSBC UK Bank plc
- National Westminster Bank plc
- Santander UK Plc
- Handelsbanken Plc
- RQ Capital Limited
- Barclays Bank plc
- Lloyds Bank plc
- Bank of Scotland plc
- Cambridge and Counties Bank plc
- Coutts and Company
- NQ2 Cobalt Limited
- Maya Property Limited
- The Property Investor Partnership Limited
Work highlights
- Advising HSBC Bank UK in relation to acquisition finance facilities supporting the purchase of an East Midlands-based corporate group via an Employee Ownership Trust.
- Advising the NQ2 group in relation to both senior and mezzanine acquisition finance facilities to support the acquisition of a new hotel for the group.
- Advising the purchaser in the acquisition of a new subsidiary company operating in the healthcare sector; the deal involved negotiation of an LMA-style term loan facility agreement.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Haydon Simmonds