The team at Michelmores LLP leverages its experience assisting national and international development funds on a number of impact and social investment mandates in emerging markets, in addition to advising banks and corporate lenders on a range of investments, financings, and structuring matters. Spearheading the banking, restructuring and insolvency team out of the firm’s Exeter office is Sacha Pickering, while banking and restructuring expert Karen Williams is a key port of call for social investment work. Sally Rice focuses on secured lending property work including development and bridging finance mandates.

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Key clients

  • Standard Bank (Jersey and Isle of Man)
  • The Finnish Fund for Industrial Cooperation
  • Gresham House
  • Triple Point Investment Management
  • Oxbury Bank Plc
  • Octopus Real Estate
  • Armstrong Capital
  • Wildanet
  • Triple Point Advancr Leasing Plc

Work highlights

  • Advised Wildanet Limited in respect of a £50m combined debt and equity investment from Gresham House.
  • Advised Triple Point and TBC Partners in connection with a debt facility of £5m to support TBC Partner’s development of Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) assets.
  • Advised Octopus Real Estate in respect of a circa £25m term acquisition and VAT facility for the purposes of acquiring a site for the purposes of developing student accommodation in central London.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Sacha Pickering

Other key lawyers

Karen Williams, Sally Rice