UK Guide 2026 : North West
Ranked Individuals
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Gateley’s banking and financial services team provide a full range of banking and finance legal services. We act for lenders across the sector, providing end to end advice which helps our clients to manage risk and comply with regulatory requirements.
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Gateley Legal's banking team stands out for the breadth of its expertise. The team works with clients on everything from corporate banking through to asset-based lending and real estate finance. Clients include private equity groups, traditional lenders and debt funds.
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Gateley Legal acted for The Alchemist Restaurant & Bar in regards to it entering into financing arrangements with Oaknorth Bank to support the roll-out of a new site and to refinance its existing facilities.
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The team take the time to understand the needs of the client and to action accordingly, ensuring they find commercial and logical solutions to complex matters.
Gateley were very quick to understand our drivers as a business and offer pragmatic suggestions that added value to the process.
The team are pragmatic and commercially minded, providing us with advice around key sticking points.
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Richard Sealy advises both borrowers and lenders on financing transactions. He is notable for his real estate finance work, as well as his corporate finance expertise.
Richard Sealy is particularly impressive. He's got a really good understanding of the market we operate in.
Chris Lister's banking practice spans corporate finance, real estate finance and asset-based lending. He works with a range of clients on those deals, including corporate borrowers and banks.
Chris Lister has been a pleasure to work with. He has a very strong commercial acumen and is able to explain clearly the impacts of commercial issues.
One of Chris's main strengths is his commercial awareness – he offers pragmatic and solution-oriented advice which is always highly appreciated.
Chris works very hard to deliver a high-quality service.
Christopher Lister provides an exceptional service allied to strong product knowledge and technical and commercial awareness.
Rebecca Mills is an associate in Gateley Legal's Manchester banking team. While her developing practice is broad, she is particularly noted for her work in the asset-based lending space.
Rebecca Mills is good at explaining the practical considerations of the legal issues.
Banking & Finance
Banking & Finance
Banking & Finance
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