The ‘knowledgeable and commercial’ Southampton-based practice at Clarke Willmott LLP has a great deal of expertise in contentious banking and finance matters, in addition to knowledge of development finance work. Rich Eldridge and Joseph Campbell jointly co-head the practice. Eldridge has varied expertise handling bank loans for care homes, LIBOR rigging issues and intercreditor arrangements, while Campbell has longstanding experience in handling secured lending real estate matters. Peter Swinburn acts as managing director of the national real estate team, and is particularly experienced in advising on taking security over real estate.

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'Knowledgeable and commercial. They provide a full service for banking transactions with a helpful planning and construction team.'
'Joe Campbell is always a pleasure to deal with and does not quibble.'
'Kristian Johnson is keen to keep the client informed and happy with the progress of the deal.'

Key clients

Lloyds Bank plc
Unity Trust Bank plc
Higher Drive Nursing Home (Holdings) Limited
Synertec (Holdings) Limited
Student Homes Management Limited and group of companies
Operational Real Estate Finance LLP

Work highlights

Advised Higher Drive Nursing Home (Holdings) Limited on finance provided by Triodos Bank UK Limited. The new finance was provided for property development by a term loan facility.
Advised Student Homes Management Limited and group of companies on property refinance provided by Santander UK Plc. The purpose of the finance was to refinance a portfolio consisting of 15 student rental multi-let premises in various locations around England.
Advised Operational Real Estate Finance LLP on providing finance for the acquisition of a care home as well as refurbishment to enable the care home to provide more specialist care.

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Rich Eldridge

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Rich is a partner at Clarke Willmott LLP. Rich is an established banking & finance lawyer. Rich can advise on a wide range of financings including for working capital, equity releases, acquisitions and developments. Rich’s expertise includes negotiating facility agreements, security agreements and intercreditor agreements. Rich can advise on documents based upon Loan Market Association templates as well as shorter documents. Rich has appeared on Panorama. He has been quoted in the printed press including The Telegraph, The Times and The Independent.

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Rich Eldridge, Joseph Campbell

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Peter Swinburn, Kristian Johnson

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