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Banking & Finance: Fund Finance - UK-wide

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What the Team is Known For

Travers Smith's London fund finance team has earned a reputation for excellence advising both lenders and borrowers on big-ticket and middle-market financing transactions. The lawyers have deep expertise on subscription line and NAV financing, as well as structured lending and securitisation. The firm provides a holistic service, drawing on its broader expertise in European fund formation, private equity transactions and leveraged finance transactions.

Work Highlights

  • Travers Smith advised NatWest Markets on a EUR240 million real estate NAV facility to be made available to a fund managed by Clarion Partners Europe.

Strengths

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Travers Smith has superior technical knowledge, which helps it cut through novel issues and scenarios. The firm progresses transactions expeditiously and provides helpful updates throughout.

Banking & Finance: Fund Finance respondent
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The team at Travers Smith is efficient, practical, commercially minded and clear and concise in the communication of issues.

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They've been active in the fund finance market for a long time now, and it shows in their advice. The team provides excellent technical advice on complex, structured financing matters.

Banking & Finance: Fund Finance respondent
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The service that Travers Smith offers is exceptional. The partners and associates are fantastic.

Banking & Finance: Fund Finance respondent
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Travers Smith have an extensive, highly responsive and extremely flexible team of lawyers. There's always someone who knows and understands our business readily available.

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Notable Practitioners

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Charles Bischoff
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Band 2

Charles Bischoff leads Travers Smith's specialist finance team and is co-head of its fund finance team. He is particularly noted for his fund finance expertise and is regarded as an experienced practitioner in the market. He typically works with funds and institutional lenders, as well as challenger banks.

Charlie is the perfect blend of technical excellence and commercial astuteness, as well as being a highly personable lawyer to work with on a deal.

Charlie is dependable, knowledgeable and provides sensible commercial advice.

Charles is very thorough, timely and proactive.

He is willing to consider lender and borrower perspectives and helps provide an intermediary solution which allows a sensible compromise for all parties.

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Daniel Peel
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Danny Peel has built a highly regarded lender-side fund finance practice and advises on all types of facilities in the area. In addition to fund-related work, Danny also offers significant expertise in real estate finance.

Danny is an excellent technical lawyer with a commercial focus and a well-organised team. His advice and insights have been really helpful.

Danny's deep market experience shines through in his advice, which is consistently commercial and user-friendly, even on the most complicated legal issues.

Danny has a wealth of knowledge of the fund finance sector and a deep understanding of our business processes and requirements. He is always highly responsive and flexible in finding solutions.

Danny has expert knowledge and deep experience. He's pragmatic, resulting in sound advice upon which to make decisions.

Danny is an outstanding lawyer with an excellent grasp of complex issues and a deep understanding of the fund finance industry.

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Charles Bischoff
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Daniel Peel
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