About

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Our Banking & Finance team is a truly global group, comprising over 150 specialist lawyers across more than 70 offices worldwide, supported by an extensive network of over 200 affiliated law firms. We deliver a coordinated, partner-led service that maintains consistent quality and a “best team” approach for clients across all jurisdictions. Our team’s expertise covers debt facilities, capital markets, treasury, and all financing transactions. We can also call upon our expert colleagues across tax, derivatives and regulation, who work closely with our Global Finance Group to ensure that all legal, regulatory, and tax implications of transactions are considered and seamlessly integrated. We pride ourselves on providing clear, pragmatic, and commercial advice, particularly on complex or high-risk matters, ensuring robust analysis with minimal legal jargon. Our transparent approach to pricing and process engineering enables us to complete complex transactions efficiently and cost-effectively, always tailored to each client’s needs. The scale and flexibility of our practice ensure we can handle large mandates, resource-intensive due diligence, and fast-paced deals, delivering value and confidence to our clients.

Chambers Review

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Banking & Finance - Midlands

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What the Team is Known For

The highly respected Eversheds Sutherland banking team has particular expertise in handling complex multi-bank transactions and challenging cross-border matters, many of which involve European jurisdictions. The firm enjoys strong relationships with all of the major UK high street banks and private equity houses, often advising them on high-value refinancings and acquisitions. The team also assists with the negotiation of unitranche and senior debt finance facilities.

Work Highlights

  • Eversheds Sutherland assisted Shawbrook Bank with the financing of Palatine Private Equity's acquisition of Isle Utilities.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Patrick Davis
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Patrick Davis
Head of Banking & Finance
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Band 1

Patrick Davis frequently acts for traditional lenders on a range of banking and finance matters, such as leveraged finance and acquisition finance.

Patrick blends significant experience with an excellent bedside manner where he seeks to fully understand his clients' situations and provides highly considered, client-focused advice.

Patrick is a strong lawyer - very commercial, well respected and good to work with.

Patrick Davis is extremely thorough, very responsive, very client-focused, and he has great depth of knowledge and great contacts, and his wider insight in the market is highly valued.

He is practical and good at identifying potential loopholes and coming up with practical solutions.

Patrick Davis is a great experienced banking lawyer who makes it easy to understand complex issues in layman's terms.

Benedict Tumelty
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Benedict Tumelty
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Benedict Tumelty assists clients with acquisition finance, refinancing and asset-based lending.

Ben listens effectively and responds proactively with solutions which make a meaningful difference to the way a highly complex and time-critical process can be managed.

Ben delivers to expectations and then some. He is able to provide real, specific insight that enables us to achieve the best position possible.

Ben Tumelty is great - he brings great experience and insight to the matter.

Ben Tumelty is a fantastic lawyer.

Lisa Letters
Lisa Letters
Associates to watch

Lisa Letters assists on a variety of matters, including refinancings, syndicated finance and acquisition funding.

Lisa Letters is phenomenally positive and great to work with.

Lisa Letters is very capable and very good at discussing the commercial aspects of the matter, and she knew when to push and when not to push.

She is great at making sure there are no loose ends, she thinks through matters and brings a lot of positive energy to a deal.

Lisa is extremely efficient, extremely responsive and makes time even for smaller queries.

Lisa Letters is brilliant - she is on the ball and all over a deal so she is always present and extremely into the detail.

Ranked Lawyers at
Eversheds Sutherland

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Midlands

Banking & Finance

Patrick Davis
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Patrick Davis
Head of Banking & Finance
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Band 1
Benedict Tumelty
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Benedict Tumelty
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Band 2
Lisa Letters
Lisa Letters
Associates to watch

Members

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Clients

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Boporan Private Office

HSBC

Palatine Private Equity

Perwyn

Shawbrook Bank

Volution Group plc

WestBridge Private Equity