Gateley Legal has a strong private equity and acquisition finance practice, acting for many of the major regional sponsors on a broad range of transactions. The group is also adept at both corporate banking and real estate finance work, acting for banks and corporate borrowers in the space. Patrick Long heads up the team based in Reading, garnering praise as ‘an excellent banking lawyer with first-class networking and communication skills’. Anna Mayfield is a key contact as the national head, while Rebecca North advises on leveraged transactions and commercial and corporate lending, as well as real estate finance mandates.
Testimonials
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‘A highly competent firm of lawyers.’
‘Patrick Long is an excellent banking lawyer with first class networking and communication skills.’
Key clients
- Babble Cloud Holdings Limited
- Metro Bank Plc
Work highlights
- Acted for Babble and its subsidiaries on three separate corporate acquisitions in the Telecoms, Media & Technology sector.
- Acted for LDC in relation to its acquisition of specialist database, cloud and applications managed service provider DSP and then further acquisition of Canada-based Eclipsys Solutions (Eclipsys) to grow its Oracle Cloud services offering and expand its geographical presence in North America.