Practice Areas | Finance

SJ Berwin is highly regarded for both its transactional work and its regulatory expertise. The Finance departments work together closely, to guarantee the teamwork vital to the management of the large financing transactions which form much of our work.

In addition to its strong reputation acting for banks and financial institutions, the department has an extensive corporate client base. The department has grown significantly and continues to expand both organically and via external recruitment.

The Finance team provides:

• technical and legal expertise combined with an in-depth knowledge of the banking industry
• a rapid and pro-active approach to implementing the necessary legal and commercial requirements
• partner involvement and accountability throughout
• commitment to building close relationships with clients in order to gain a better understanding of their businesses
• transparent and flexible charging structures, including clear estimates at the outset of transactions and regular reporting of fees

• syndicated bank lending
• acquisition/leveraged finance
• property finance
• project finance
• retail banking
• debt work out/restructuring
• insolvency
• financial services

This breadth of experience encourages both a broad understanding of novel financial issues and a wide-ranging grasp of financing techniques. We work closely with other departments within the firm, in particular the Financial Services Group on regulatory and derivatives work, The Corporate Department, the Tax Department and the Real Estate Practice Group.

Our reputation has been enhanced by the opening of our European offices, which enables us to provide advice on a cross-border basis.