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"This firm is praised for its “expertise in various fields, excellent customer service and relationship-driven lawyers who look after clients’ interests well.” In addition, as “one of the largest independent firms of solicitors in the North East, it has greater resources than most in the region,” sources confirm."

Chambers 2008

Below you will find details of some of the types of work undertaken by this team. For further details, please contact us.

Projects of note recently carried out by the team include:

• acting for Co-operative Bank p.l.c and Allied Irish Banks in relating to the funding of 9 developments under the NHS LIFT schemes (facilities in excess of £28,000,000)
• acting for Barclays Bank PLC in relation to the Boldon School PFI scheme (facilities £22,500,000)
• acting for Bank of Scotland in connection with the £242,500,000 acquisition and development finance facility to MWB Malmaison Hotels Limited
• acting for Bank of Scotland in connection with the financing of South Shore Developments Limited to provide new office accommodation on Gateshead Quayside (facilities of £19,850,000);
• acting for Allied Irish Banks in relation to its £29,500,000 funding of the Northgate & Prudhoe NHS Trust PFI project to build Walkergate Hospital
• acting for Newcastle Building Society in connection with a de-merger of and new facilities of approximately £20,000,000
• acting for the University of Northumbria in relation to its £65,000,000 funding of a new city centre campus
• acting for Lloyds TSB Bank PLC in connection with £25,000,0000 acquisition facilities
• acting for Lloyds TSB Bank PLC in connection with development facilities of £23,000,000
• acting for Nationwide Building Society in providing facilities of £37,000,000 to PFI Dorset Limited
• acting for Svenska Handelsbanken in providing facilities of £87,016,000 to fund the acquisition of a hotel in central London.