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The ‘strength in depth’ at Foot Anstey allows the firm to advise on a wide range on banking and finance transactions, with corporate lending, development finance and event-driven finance standing out as recent areas of focus for the team. Practice head Katie-Jane Rees’ expertise extends to leveraged cross-border transactions. Her Bristol colleague Zahir Nayani has specific expertise in Islamic finance. Toby Larkham is equipped to handle a range of real estate finance transactions, drawing on notable expertise in offshore financing structures.

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Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘Good strength in depth - we were able to quickly resource up on a major project. Good diversity and experience where we have asked for multiple legal streams to operate together.'

  • 'You get the feel of a bigger firm operating in a regional geography.'
  • 'Having a lead partner is useful in terms of relationship and overall management within the firm.’
  • ‘Very friendly and helpful. Not too legalistic in approach - they understand the commerciality well.'

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Key clients

  • Lloyds Bank plc
  • Jaguar Bidco Limited (trading as Jollyes – The Pet People)
  • Kocho Holdings Limited
  • Santander UK Plc
  • Alter Domus Trustees (UK) Limited
  • Tower Street Finance
  • Handelsbanken
  • WeLink Homes
  • Crondall Energy
  • CDS (Superstores International) Limited (The Range)

Lawyers

Rising stars

Toby Larkham

Toby Larkham

Foot Anstey

Toby has significant experience in advising clients on a range of banking and finance transactions, with a particular focus on real estate and leveraged finance and private equity debt work. He has acted extensively for the main clearing banks and various private lenders and borrowers in respect of investment and development finance transactions, with a particular focus on cross border transactions.�� In the Private Equity space, Toby has advised Piper Private Equity and others, together with their portfolio companies, on the debt and security aspects of numerous investments.

Next Generation Partners

Katie-Jane Rees

Katie-Jane Rees

Foot Anstey

Katie has spent just under 15 years in the City, gaining experience working on high value lending transactions, acting for UK and international syndicates of banks on a secured and unsecured basis, as well as advising corporate borrowers – whether on general financings or in restructuring situations. She has particular experience in the Nordic region, acting for a number of Nordic banks over the past decade. Katie has also built a practice advising corporate service providers on non-bank lendings, advising facility and security agents and also trustees across a range of capital markets and structured finance products. Katie has a commercial and personable approach and has been listed as a rising star by Legal Business.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Katie-Jane Rees

Other key lawyers

Imam Qazi, Zahir Nayani, Toby Larkham