About

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Our highly regarded Banking and Finance Team has a comprehensive understanding of the issues faced by our clients in today's challenging financing environment. The team's expertise covers a variety of financial products and services across a wide range of industry sectors. We are regularly instructed by lenders and investors, as well as borrowers and companies seeking finance.

We provide clear and pragmatic advice and recognise that many banking and finance deals are the start of a new relationship between lender and borrower. Good communication, and clear purpose and a practical approach from the legal team allow that key relationship to start on the right foot. 

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Banking & Finance - East Anglia

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What the Team is Known For

Birketts advises on corporate, real estate and agricultural finance, as well as refinancings. Its clients include well-established national banks. It is experienced in handling invoice-discount financing.

Work Highlights

  • Birketts advised Denbury on its £55 million revolving credit facility from HSBC. 

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Alex Schaafsma
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Alex Schaafsma
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Alex Schaafsma acts on syndicated finance matters as well as development finance, investment loan facilities and refinancing.

Alex Schaafsma is an excellent and trustworthy lawyer.

Alex Schaafsma is very professional and ensures that we feel we are being looked after. She is brilliant.

Alex is excellent.

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Devreaux Gravell
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Devreaux Gravell represents leading banks and private credit providers on the lending side, as well as real estate developers and investors. He also has considerable experience of asset-backed and receivables financing.

Devreaux is both personable and good at his job. Sometimes things pop up we do not understand and he is ready to explain that to us, taking the time to make sure we are all on the same page.

Devreaux Gravell is extremely professional and has fantastic knowledge of real estate banking, along with LMA templates.

Devreaux is fantastic

Lottie Fletcher
Associates to watch

Lottie Fletcher contributes to high-value work involving complex financing and credit facilities.

Lottie Fletcher is very easy to understand and part of a great team.

Ranked Lawyers at
Birketts LLP

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Banking & Finance

Alex Schaafsma
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Alex Schaafsma
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Devreaux Gravell
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Band 2
Lottie Fletcher
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