Freeths LLP

As befits the Firm’s overall profile, the Banking & Finance team operates on a truly national basis without being restricted by the confines of geographical boundaries.
The Banking & Finance team has particular expertise and experience in the following areas:

• Healthcare: acting for key funders in the sector (e.g. Santander, Clydesdale Bank, Lloyds Bank); acting for numerous large corporate care home operators (e.g. Maria Mallaband Care Group, Ideal Care Homes, Country Court Care, Countrywide Care Homes); as well as a number of the key investors in the primary care premises market.
• Real Estate and Project Finance: acting for the likes of ZSL Capital, ICG Longbow, Bridges Fund Management, as well as the more traditional funders in that market and a number of student accommodation developers and investors.
• Acquisition Finance: acting for the likes of Beechbrook Capital, Santander Bank, Allied Irish Bank and Clydesdale Bank.
• Mezzanine Finance: acting for the likes of Beechbrook Capital.
• Challenger Banks: acting for Allica Bank, Redwood Bank, Cambridge & Counties Bank and OakNorth Bank.
• Overseas Bank: acting for Ahli United Bank, Bank of London and the Middle East and Habib Bank AG Zurich.
• Public sector finance: acting for Birmingham City Council, Greater Birmingham & Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership, West Midlands Combined Authority, Derby Regional Growth Fund and Derby City Council LEP.