Expertise

Finance & Banking

Our trusted banking and finance team provides advice to UK and overseas companies and individuals on a wide variety of high-value, complex finance transactions, including property development, secured lending, bridging finance, acquisition finance and senior and mezzanine lending.

Insights
Jason-Greenberg-2-1-scaled-e1736522620805
Jason Greenberg

Partner

Finance & Banking

Key Contact

Finance & Banking

An Introduction to Quastels for Finance and Banking

Our experienced finance and banking lawyers act for businesses on high-value banking and finance matters in the UK and overseas. With particular expertise in secured lending and corporate funded acquisitions, we understand that speed is essential when it comes to securing finance. Our broad expertise across Corporate & Commercial and both Commercial Real Estate and Residential Real Estate law as well as Construction and Development law means our agile team can close deals fast and complete transactions swiftly.

With a strong focus on speed and a cross-discipline approach, we offer our clients agility, experience and speed on even the most complex financing matters.

Our clients include – on the lending side: domestic and foreign banks and financial institutions, off-shore trusts, bridging lenders, private lenders and family offices, and on the borrower side: individual borrowers, property developers and trading companies. We advise on a range of different financing structures.

Finance & Banking

Our Finance and Banking Services

Find out more about our expertise

Secured Lending

Our team has vast experience advising on appropriate security for all types of assets, so we can determine risks and protect our clients’ interests - allowing them to move forward confidently.

Property Development Finance

Securing property development finance arrangements quickly and with precision. We ensure our clients’ risks are managed and terms of agreement are compliant and advantageous, for smooth and legally solid transactions.

Bridging Finance

We secure time-sensitive bridging finance to prevent costly delays and legal disputes. Our experts safeguard our clients’ interests by ensuring compliance and managing risks for legally safe, streamlined transactions.

Acquisition Finance

Drafting and negotiating finance agreements that best facilitate commercial acquisitions. Our partner-led experts structure advantageous deals, ensure regulatory compliance and mitigate risks with comprehensive due diligence and attention to detail.

Senior & Mezzanine Lending

Specialising in handling senior and mezzanine lending structures that provide security if anything should go wrong. We ensure our clients’ interests are protected through priority repayment or equity in place of default. Giving our clients more upside and less risk.

Facility/Loan Agreements

Drafting agreements that benefit our clients. Acting to ensure facility agreement requirements are met before disbursement, identifying security requirements and ensuring covenants are enforceable.

Finance & Banking

Our Approach

Our track record is thanks in no small part to the priority we place on attention to detail and collaborative working across multidisciplinary teams. Matters involving security over property, for instance, have expert lawyers from our real estate team that specialise in financing transactions. This integrated expertise ensures our clients receive a dynamic service that anticipates their needs and exceeds their expectations.

Our partner-led team of specialists are more than legal experts. We’re our clients’ strategic ally. Delivering commercially astute, legally strong solutions that remove complexity and provide clear, practical advice that drives commercial progress.

Proven Success in Deals

Examples of Our Expertise

Our finance and banking specialists have successfully managed various multi-million-pound deals, acting for lenders and buyers based in the UK and overseas.

£18m acquisition and construction facility

Guiding a borrower group through a £18 million acquisition and construction facility with a foreign bank, securing UK loan documents and onshore/offshore security across real estate, shares, and other assets.

Acquisition loan made by our UK pension fund client

Advising a private UK pension fund on its first foray into lending, providing a loan to a UK borrower for the acquisition of a listed building, securing the property and a guarantee from the borrower’s listed parent company.

£54m development refinancing

Securing a complicated refinancing for a borrower with a £40 million Senior Loan and £14 million Mezzanine Loan, managing complex corporate and real estate security across the development and varied assets.

Buy To Let loans for foreign bank

Advising a foreign bank on multiple Buy To Let loans to private borrowers, securing loans over London investment apartments.

£9m senior and mezzanine financing

Supporting borrowers on a £9 million Senior and Mezzanine loan to fund the acquisition of shares in two property development companies, with security over assets, properties, and personal guarantees.

The Quastels Team

Your Finance & Banking Experts

Jason-Greenberg-2-1-scaled-e1736522620805
Jason Greenberg

Partner

Finance & Banking

Jonathan-Gross-2-scaled-e1734953164413
Jonathan Gross

Partner

Commercial Real Estate

Nilam-Dave-2-scaled-e1736439984977
Nilam Davé

Associate

Corporate & Commercial

Mark-Cornelius-2-scaled-e1736437850503
Mark Cornelius

Partner

Commercial Real Estate

Insights

Stay Up to Date

Send us a message

Let’s Talk About Your Question

Untitled(Required)
Untitled

trusted legal excellence

Get in Touch

Contact us today to discover how we can support you with legal solutions that stand out from the rest.

Get in Touch