Shaun heads up the Nottingham team and is one of the best known lawyers in the East Midlands market place. He heads a team of dedicated banking specialists who have a dominant position in the East Midlands. Shaun advises lenders, private equity houses and corporate borrowers on refinances, acquisitions, development finance, investment finance, asset based lending and general lending matters. Shaun has a particular expertise advising on private equity transactions and advising on asset based lending structures. Shaun is recognised as a leading individual in the legal directories. He is an experienced operator well known in the Midlands market and , during the course of this year, has advised a number of high profile deals including: • advising Palatine Private Equity on the secondary buy out of CET UK supported by senior facilities from Clydesdale Bank and mezzanine facilities from Beechbrook Capital (this transaction was named on East Midlands deal of the year by Business Insider) • advising Littlefish on its MBO backed by Lloyds Development Capital and HSBC (named as SME deal of the year in the West Midlands by Business Insider) • advising Wise Living Homes on a £33m development finance facility provided by ICG Longbow