What we do

We advise corporate borrowers and their owners on transactions involving finance, such as acquisition finance, management buyouts (MBOs, MBIs etc), leveraged buyouts, shareholder exits, refinancing, corporate restructuring, financial restructuring/rescues, turnaround financing, cash management structures, all types of working capital finance and other corporate borrowing.

We don't provide financial, tax or valuation advice, investment advice or investment services, and although we have many contacts in the finance industry, we don't source or arrange financing.

Who can we help?

Finance directors / CFOs – on financing transactions
Company owners – on corporate and finance structures, the bigger picture and finance strategy
Managing directors / CEOs – on transactions with a financing element
Investors/financial sponsors – on the financing of portfolio companies and finance 'health checks'
Entrepreneurs – on the financing of smaller, high-growth companies
Lending businesses requiring 'wholesale' financing facilities
Law firms without specific finance law expertise, when transactions require that
Anyone who ever asked, in the context of financing a company, is this normal? Am I being taken for a ride? Is there a better way to do this? How do I solve that problem? Where's The Eagle?!?

The difference

Unlike debt advisors, we advise from a legal background and perspective, with a particular focus on financing and corporate structures, problem-solving, negotiations, transaction management and troubleshooting. For example, we can work alongside finance directors as an additional resource to support them on reviewing and negotiating the terms and documentation of financing facilities; coordinating external advisers; advising company boards; and interfacing with shareholders, business angels and other investors.

Independent

Totally independent unbiased advice

Experienced

25+ years

Trusted

A trusted advisor, advising hundreds of companies through good and bad

Effective

Dynamic, proactive, practical approach

Creative

Inventive problem solving

Specialisms

Wholesale facilities, financial services sector and turnaround/rescue financing

Our consultants

Benefit from at least 25 years experience across many areas of finance and many geographies (local, national, and international companies and transactions), working with every type of company (from small, entrepreneurial, high growth companies to household names) across many industries (manufacturing, financial services, retail and tech, in particular) at every stage of their life cycle (start-up, debt funding from shareholders/business angels, first external funding, growth funding, refinancing, and restructuring) in every part of the economic cycle

Peter Considine: Former solicitor and finance partner at Walker Morris LLP; prior to that, 10 years' experience at a top City/global law firm in London and Amsterdam plus a secondment to the legal department of a leading international bank

Other consultants: We can bring in other consultants as required, each with at least 25 years' experience of finance and corporate law

Feedback/testimonials/references for our consultants are available on request