Banking & financial services
OVERVIEW
Our team are trusted advisors in the banking & finance sector, working closely with both banks and borrowers and providing specialist legal advice on banking and finance issues across all sectors.
From our offices across Scotland, we work with many of the UK’s leading financial institutions, high street banks and alternative lenders, as well as our clients in the private, public and third sectors as they interact with their lenders.
The breadth of our experience of working with financial institutions, funds and lenders, including in-house placements at major UK banks, means we understand what’s important when funding transactions. It’s this perspective which affords us invaluable insight when acting for lenders and borrowers alike.
Our banking team works closely with colleagues across the firm’s specialist practice areas to create a multi-disciplinary team when required to meet our clients’ end goal, for example, corporate, commercial real estate and dispute resolution.
Much of our work has multi jurisdictional aspects and we work with law firms in the rest of the UK and across the world in structuring and completing banking and finance transactions. Our knowledge of the Scottish legal system is regularly called upon in cross-border transactions.
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“Harper Macleod gives great legal advice, works at pace, provides regular updates on transactions, has brilliant customer service and always delivers.”
“Harper Macleod is viewed as a trusted partner with excellent levels of communication and the ability to convert complex legal terminology into more straightforward language.”
“They are proactive in explaining options to allow the client to make good decisions.”
“They are very skilled and have the client’s interests at the forefront of their advice.”
“There is always someone in the Harper Macleod LLP Team available with the advice and support we need.”
“The Harper Macleod team have always been proactive with legal advice. They offer advice in an easy to understand manner. They also breakdown what the legal issue is, what the risk is and importantly, also what the likelihood is of the risk event happening. This assists in making a commercial decision on whether to accept that risk or to seek mitigation.”
“The Harper Macleod banking team is attentive, commercial and client-focused.”
“The Harper Macleod Banking Team are really approachable. They can be relied upon to quickly address any contentious points and will provide a clear and quick response/resolution.”
“Strong team, good depth, knowledge and experience.”
“Top-class service across the various disciplines in the team, always available and with commercial sense when conducting negotiations on either side of the table.”
“Access to the specialist areas of legal work I require to a high standard with local offices, reasonable pricing and good service levels.”
‘Their availability, focus on the transaction to get it completed together with their forthcoming legal advice is key.’
“Individuals are personable, engaging and highly knowledgeable.”
“They always deliver in a timely manner and are extremely commercial in their thinking and focus on getting a transaction completed whilst protecting their clients’ interest.”
“Excellent team, always helpful and efficient.”