Kirsty Barnes
UK Guide 2025
Band 3 : Banking & Finance: Mid-Market
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About
Provided by Kirsty Barnes
Practice Areas
Kirsty is a banking and finance partner with over 20 years of experience across the financial services sector focussing on corporate lending and leveraged finance.
She is a partner in our Financial Markets group in London. She has a great track record of advising a broad range of clients including financial institutions and debt funds and also corporate borrowers including multi-nationals and private equity houses. Given her wide ranging experience, Kirsty is uniquely placed to deliver pragmatic and solutions-driven advice whilst navigating high-stress situations and achieving goals on time.
She has a specific sector expertise in the Financial Services and the TMT sectors, in particular relating to Data Centres and heads the Simmons global data centre team.
Kirsty joined us in 2019 from a large international firm where she was head of the UK banking and finance team.
Chambers Review
UK
Kirsty Barnes draws recognition for her representation of clients in corporate and leveraged financings. She advises both borrowers and lenders.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Kirsty is great to work with and has good client service and market awareness."
"Kirsty is a very experienced practitioner who knows how to manage the transaction. She is always one step ahead throughout the process which helps to make the deal run smoothly and efficiently."
"Kirsty is great to work with and has good client service and market awareness."
"Kirsty is a very experienced practitioner who knows how to manage the transaction. She is always one step ahead throughout the process which helps to make the deal run smoothly and efficiently."
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