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Osborne Clarke LLP

Banking & Finance

UK Guide 2026 : Thames Valley

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Osborne Clarke LLP

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Banking & Finance - Thames Valley

Band 2

What the Team is Known For

Osborne Clarke's banking and finance team advises on a range of matters, including acting for lenders and borrowers on corporate and syndicated lending and acquisition finance. It maintains good relationships with banking groups in the region, and has notable strength in investment funds, capital markets and leveraged finance. Lawyers are active on matters involving debt finance and within the technology and education sectors. Clients of the firm include clearing banks, start-ups and private equity firms.

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Work Highlights

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  • Osborne Clarke advised National Westminster Bank on a multimillion-dollar revolving credit facility provided to FYLD, an AI-powered fieldwork effectiveness platform, to provide growth capital to fuel the company's US expansion.

Strengths

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  • Osborne Clarke provides us with a really good service and can help us when we have tight timescales.

    Banking & Finance respondentUK

  • Osborne Clarke has a very good banking team.

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  • Osborne Clarke are very good value for money.

    Banking & Finance respondentUK

  • They are very good value for money, especially given the people they work with and the quality of the work.

    Banking & Finance respondentUK

Notable Practitioners

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  • Rebecca Scott
    Rebecca Scott

    Rebecca Scott

    Rebecca Scott advises clearing banks and private equity firms on acquisition finance and leveraged finance deals.

    • I value Rebecca Scott's input immensely and she is always there to assist and advise. I never have a bad experience with her; she is very user-friendly and always picks up the phone.

      Banking & Finance respondentUK

    • Rebecca is very thorough and detailed, which is always great, and good at communicating the requirements and desired outcome. She is always very much to the point and not afraid of being realistic.

      Banking & Finance respondentUK

    • Rebecca is excellent. She is very personable, responsive and gives very good advice. I felt very comfortable with trusting her advice. She is very easy to deal with has very open communication.

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  • Laura Hanley
    Laura Hanley

    Laura Hanley

    Laura Hanley has expertise in a variety of complex topics, ranging from high-value revolving credit facilities to debt financing advice on triple acquisitions.

    • Laura Hanley is very solutions-oriented, able to identify issues and not afraid of giving her opinion. She is quite a valuable partner to us as a lender.

      Banking & Finance respondentUK

    • Laura Hanley is very open, responsive and always picks up the phone. She is a pleasure and very easy to work with, going above and beyond for the client.

      Banking & Finance respondentUK

    • We get good value for money from Laura. She provides strong client service and expertise, is very good at explaining legal concepts, is very approachable and always invests a lot of time.

      Banking & Finance respondentUK
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