The ‘helpful, engaging and supportive’ Manchester-based banking and finance group at Addleshaw Goddard regularly assists both lenders and borrowers with the full gamut of complex and high-value matters. Martin O’Shea heads the practice, and is known for his longstanding experience in advising local lenders. Corporate lending and leveraged acquisition finance specialist Richard Oman; asset finance expert Andrew Maskill; Katie Ridehalgh , who has extensive property finance expertise; and Ben Edwards, who is noted for his ’integrity and judgement’, are key names within the team. Lauren Priest-Stephens, Elizabeth Wareing and Sarah Jay are recommended.
Testimonials
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‘The team are helpful, engaging and supportive; they generate a strong feeling of wanting to do a bit extra for the client. It's an environment that is clearly driven at partner level and permeates down through all the levels. A pleasure to deal with.’
‘Ben Edwards we have worked with for some time and we trust his judgement, integrity and openness; he is reliable and engaging, as well as being proactive on projects that can add value to the work engagements and help educate our team.'
- 'Nick Blair is a solid and reliable team member at Addleshaw Goddard who is always timely and responsive.'
- 'Emma Whitehall always feel like an extension of our team; she has a good understanding of the business and she is keen to build relationships with the team in order to provide a better service and experience.’
Key clients
- JD Sports Fashion
- MoneySuperMarket.com
- TDC
- Co-operative Group
- Castore
- COFCO International
- Morgan Advanced Materials
- NCC Group
- Spirax-Sarco Engineering
- Tata Chemicals
Work highlights
- Acted for supermarket and funerals business Co-op Group on its £442.5m sustainability-linked revolving credit facility with a syndicate of 6 lenders.
- Acted for major banks on the £126m financing of Vita Living's Circle Square build-to-rent scheme in central Manchester.
- Advised TDC on a number of transactions including its debt facilities to sponsor-backed business Ovarro Group.
Lawyers
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Martin O'Shea