Burges Salmon LLP has a growing presence in the market, acting for originators, fintech consumer lenders, private capital investors and debt funds. Its work spans consumer assets, corporate loans, real estate loans and corporate debt, infrastructure and whole-business securitisations. Head of banking and finance Andrew Eaton oversees the work of the securitisation practice, which is led by structured finance specialist Graham Soar. James Barrett, who joined from A&O Shearman, worked with Soar to advise a bank on the exercise of the portfolio call option for a securitisation.
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Key clients
- Julian Hodge Bank Limited
- OneSavings Bank plc
- Gravis Capital Partners
- Fluro Platform Limited
- Fluro Capital Limited
Work highlights
- Advised Hodge Bank in relation to its partnership with car finance company Blue Motor Finance to form a new £240m forward flow funding facility.
- Acted for OneSavings Bank on the exercise of the portfolio call option for the Canterbury Finance No. 1 plc securitisation, the sale of the underlying mortgage loans and the release and termination of the underlying security.
- Acted for OneSavings Bank on the exercise of the portfolio call option for the CMF 2020-1 plc securitisation, the sale of the underlying mortgage loans the release and termination of the underlying security, and the drafting of a new platform servicing agreement for the group.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Andrew Eaton, Graham Soar