The TLT banking and finance team specialises in advising clients on real estate finance, social housing finance, and project finance transactions. Practice lead Caroline MacLaughlin is an expert in all project finance transactions, including facilities agreements, loan purchase agreements, and due diligence reporting. Managing associate Nichola Coghlan regularly advises corporate borrowers on the financing aspects of mergers and acquisitions. In April 2024, Richard Houliston moved to Mills Selig.

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  • ‘Contactable, available, experienced and commercial.’

  • ‘The TLT team provides a high quality of service through active engagement, appropriate resourcing and a solutions-focused approach. They are easy to work with and excel dealing with multidisciplinary matters.’

Work highlights

  • Advising a large national bank based in the UK on its facilities to the Around Noon food group in connection with the acquisition of The Soho Sandwich Co.
  • Advising Foresight Group LLP on Northern Irish aspects of facilities in a maximum amount of facilities provided to Belfast Commercial Funding which provides Development, Bridging, Agricultural and SME financing options to borrowers primarily in the Northern Irish and Irish markets.
  • Advising Danske Bank on its £25,000,000 loan facilities to Rural Housing Association.

Lawyers

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Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Caroline MacLaughlin

Other key lawyers

Nichola Coghlan