England - South West • Finance
Michelmores LLP
A favoured choice for banks, corporate lenders and global development funds, Michelmores LLP advises on real estate finance, project finance and secured lending, among other fields. Sacha Pickering head up the firm’s banking, restructuring and insolvency team, with Karen Williams as the key name for banking and finance matters; she advises across the financial spectrum with a particular focus on domestic and international social impact investment work.
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Testimonials
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‘Team is practical and easy to work with.’
‘Karen Williams is knowledgeable and a practical problem-solver. She is friendly and easy to work with and manages the deadlines.’
Key clients
- Proparco
- Global Partnerships
- Soros Economic Development Fund
- Social and Sustainable Capital LLP
- Standard Bank (Jersey and Isle of Man)
- The Finnish Fund for Industrial Cooperation
- FMO
- Oak North Bank Plc
- Oxbury Bank Plc
- AHL Venture Partners
Work highlights
- Advised the Soros Economic Development Fund on its partnership with MedAccess and Gavi on the COVAX Cost Sharing Mechanism and the COVAX vaccine distribution system.
- Advised Proparco and Global Partnerships (GP) on their investment in a debt programme established BRAC, one of the world's largest development organisations.
- Advising Finnfund and co-lender FMO on the restructuring of facilities provided to East African borrowers for sustainable forestry projects.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Sacha Pickering