Gavin Buchan
UK Guide 2024
Band 4 : Banking & Finance
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About
Provided by Gavin Buchan
Practice Areas
Head of the banking team, Gavin advises both lenders and borrowers in relation to a wide range of transactions involving mainstream lenders, financial institutions, challenger banks, peer-to-peer lenders and alternative sources of finance and he has considerable knowledge of both investment and development finance transactions.
He regularly provides Scots law advice in relation to a variety of cross border, multi-jurisdictional deals.
Work Highlights
• Acted for OakNorth Bank plc in relation to a £42M cross border refinance of a portfolio of 161 public houses.
• Acting for Maslow Capital in relation to a £18.9M development finance facility for a student accommodation development in Glasgow.
• Represented a financial institution lending £36M under a syndicated facility to fund the purchase of a portfolio of storage and distribution units, the bulk of which were located in Scotland.
• Acted for a UK challenger bank providing a £5M syndicated bridging facility to finance the purchase of sites in Glasgow.
• Advising a borrower in relation to a £8.2M development finance facility to fund the development of its land for residential and care home purposes.
• Advising a property finance lender in relation to a £23M facility to refinance a portfolio of commercial properties across the UK.