Paddy Sturman
UK Guide 2025
Band 2 : Banking & Finance
Band 2
About
Provided by Paddy Sturman
Practice Areas
Paddy is a partner in Irwin Mitchell’s national Banking and Finance team.
Paddy has substantial experience in banking and debt finance transactions across a wide range of sectors. He regularly advises banks, funders and borrowers on real estate finance (both investment and development), leveraged finance and corporate banking transactions.
He regularly works on syndicated and club financings as well as bi-lateral facilities. He also has significant expertise in cross-border transactions.
His clients include HSBC UK Bank plc, National Westminster Bank plc, Lloyds Bank, Santander, ThinCats, Octopus Property, ICG Longbow and Mayborn Group.
Chambers Review
UK
Paddy Sturman frequently advises prominent national and international lenders on corporate and real estate finance. He is equally adept at acting for clients on refinancing and term loan transactions.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Paddy is super professional, very commercial and highly responsive. He is always calm in tense negotiations and gets things done when they have to be done."
"Paddy has steered us expertly."
"He is capable of speaking in non-legal terms to explain any issues that have arisen and also ability to provide a rationale regarding any commercial view that needs to be taken."
"Paddy's technical expertise, alongside his commercial and proactive approach, ensures that processes and projects run smoothly."
"Paddy is universally regarded as a safe pair of hands and we know that we can trust him to deliver."
"Paddy is super professional, very commercial and highly responsive. He is always calm in tense negotiations and gets things done when they have to be done."
"Paddy has steered us expertly."
"He is capable of speaking in non-legal terms to explain any issues that have arisen and also ability to provide a rationale regarding any commercial view that needs to be taken."
"Paddy's technical expertise, alongside his commercial and proactive approach, ensures that processes and projects run smoothly."
"Paddy is universally regarded as a safe pair of hands and we know that we can trust him to deliver."