Christopher Lewis

Practice Areas

Chris is a Principal Associate in the Banking and Finance team. He specialises in a range of debt finance work, including secured and unsecured, bilateral or syndicated lending both on a national, and international level.

Chris has a wealth of experience and contacts from previous roles in a top tier Banking & Finance team in Cardiff and in-house counsel at a leading financial services group.

He has particular experience in acquisition and leveraged finance, advising on non-standard lending transactions involving complex structures and security. He acts on behalf of either lenders (be they banks, private equity or other funds) or corporate borrowers.

Chris has extensive experience acting for lenders in respect of reviewing security and facility documents with a view to recovery. His experience covers a wide range of insolvency scenarios including appointing administrators and LPA receivers.

He has led on various corporate banking transactions, including provision of a multi-million revolving credit facility on a Loan Market Association basis. He frequently advises lender and borrower clients on complex debt structures involving senior and mezzanine debt. He provides specialist banking advice to the wider corporate team and is a key point of contact for many of our institutional lender and borrower clients.

Career

Principal Associate, Capital Law Limited (Apr 2023 - present)

Senior Associate, Capital Law Limited (May 2020 – Mar 2023)

Associate, Capital Law Limited (May 2018 – April 2020)

Solicitor, Capital Law Limited (Oct 2016 – 2018)

Solicitor, Acuity Legal Limited (2015 – Oct 2016)

In House Counsel, Target Group (Jun 2015 – Dec 2015)

Paralegal (Banking & Finance), Eversheds LLP (2009 – 2015)

Professional Memberships

The Law Society of England and Wales

Loan Market Association

Languages Spoken

French

Industry Sector Expertise

Banking & Finance

recovery & Insolvency

Education