Corporate and Commercial Banking
We bring a pragmatic and commercially-minded approach to our work across the range of corporate funding.
We act for UK banks, debt funds, alternative capital providers and challenger banks. We advise across the full range of corporate funding deals, with particularly strong expertise in financing for leveraged acquisitions. In everything we do we apply a pragmatic, responsive and commercial mindset.
We have a broad range of sector expertise. We are most often involved in the food and drink sector (especially aquaculture and whisky distilling), and in hospitality and leisure, hotels, infrastructure, and retail. During the Covid pandemic, many banks and businesses also called on us for advice on the UK government’s debt support schemes, and we now advise on the unwinding of these schemes.
The right team
When required, we bring in colleagues from other teams around the firm, such as Litigation, Tax, Regulatory and Markets, or Restructuring and Business Advisory. We advise in both Scotland and England & Wales, and have teams based in both jurisdictions. In corporate funding transactions, it is not unusual for one or more of the parties to be based overseas. Our considerable experience of such situations, and of working with many overseas law firms, helps us to achieve our clients’ commercial objectives and successfully conclude these transactions.
Our expertise includes:
- Cross-border transactions
- Acquisition/leveraged finance
- Complex lending structures
- Consensual financial restructuring
Meet our key contacts
Patrick Bell
Partner
Related articles and insights: Corporate and Commercial Banking
22 October 2025
Joint ventures in the clean energy sector: Transfer conditions
Contributors:
Cameron Kane, John Morrison
24 September 2025
Contributor: Jonathan Carey
31 October 2023
Moveable transactions – Scotland v England: Round 1 – assigning receivables
Contributors:
Andrew Kinnes, Hamish Patrick
13 March 2023
Refinancing and releasing security
Contributor: Lucy Hall
23 October 2019
Will a “no-deal” Brexit affect your board of directors?
Contributor: Stephen Trombala
5 September 2017
Goodbye ‘Postal Acceptance’ Rule, Hello ‘Out-of-Office Message’ Rule?
Contributor: Peter Alderdice
Contact us
Patrick Bell
Partner
