Legal Wins Law Firm Global Legal Services

Finance / Banking Services

Legal Wins Law Firm has an established and internationally recognised finance practice. Our clients include leading financial institutions, corporations, regulators and governments, to whom we provide legally sound and innovative advice.

We have offices and associated office in nine countries, and non-exclusive associations and relationships with major Law firms in every leading jurisdiction. Our finance Law yers in Europe, the Middle East and Asia advise on domestic and complex multi-jurisdictional finance transactions, on a cost effective and efficient basis.

We work closely with our regulatory Law yers and tax specialists to structure complex transactions both in internationally. We have extensive experience of advising on finance transactions in industries such as transport, hotels and leisure, retail, manufacturing and telecoms. Historically, and on an ongoing basis, we have acted for all the major English clearing banks and place great value on establishing long term relationships with our clients.

Our banking practice involves clients involved in:

ACQUISITION FINANCE

Finance Law yers at Legal Wins Law Firm have an increasingly strong profile in acquisition finance. Our team advises on the debt finance elements of corporate acquisition acting for banks, private equity houses and borrowers. In 2003 we completed 12 acquisition finance deals acting for debt providers, and numerous deals acting for borrowers.

TRADE FINANCE

The firm’s strength in the Banking industry, combined with our expertise in International Trade and Commodities, provides the necessary skills to document innovative yet secure structures for the financing of international trade. We use techniques such as factoring, letters of credit, receivables financing, pre-export financings and structured trade financings. Our knowledge of the commodities business, and experience of working with trading companies and trade associations, enables us to provide a cutting edge service to our clients.

DEBT RESTRUCTURINGS/WORKOUTS

Advising clients in connection with complex multi-creditor, cross jurisdictional restructuring operations in debt restructurings and rescheduling.

The firm acts for most of the major accountancy firms and many leading European clearing banks, with particular experience in the insurance, transport and leisure sectors. The team has worked on a number of restructurings involving both UK insolvency procedures and Chapter 11 proceedings. The firm has also represented bondholders in public and private restructurings.

INTERNATIONAL FINANCE

Law yers from Legal Wins Law Firm ’ offices and associated offices around the world regularly work together represent banks and borrowers in international financial transactions. We act for both based and overseas institutions advising on secured multi creditor lending structures, often involving hedging products and credit support. In this arena we work closely with a number of major Law firms throughout the world with commensurate skills and experience.