Gowling WLG’s fields of expertise include corporate banking, funds and debt capital markets work, among other areas and the team has considerable experience in various sectors, such as healthcare, social housing and manufacturing. The team is led by Chris Brierley, who has notable expertise in regard to lending in the low carbon and social housing spaces, while Navin Prabhakar is the firm’s key contact for clearing bank work, as well as offering considerable experience with banking-related M&A, and corporate finance deals. Legal director Angela Rawlins is particularly capable in the social housing finance space.
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Key clients
- Sanctuary Group
- Triple Point Social Housing REIT plc
- The Midcounties Co-operative Group
- Warwickshire County Cricket Club
- Lloyds Development Capital
- CBPE Capital
- Daiwa Capital Markets Europe Ltd
- AIB Group (UK) plc
- HSBC UK Bank plc
- Rigby Group (RG) plc
- H & T Group plc
Work highlights
- Advised Sanctuary Housing Association on a £150m bond tap.
- Advised Rigby Private Equity Limited on the sale of a cybersecurity and intelligent networking solutions business to a European private equity backed distributor.
- Advised Halfords on a pre-acquisition corporate re-organisation and subsequent acquisition of Lodge Tyre Company Limited.
Lawyers
Leading associates
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Leading partners
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Next Generation Partners
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Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Chris Brierley