Jonathan Edwards

Jonathan specialises in acquisition and leveraged finance, asset-based lending, and general corporate banking matters, and has worked on many of the largest and most complex financing transactions in the North West market.

He acts for private and listed companies incorporated in the UK and overseas, working with borrowers, lenders, private equity houses, and investors on all aspects of debt finance.

Jonathan’s areas of expertise include the negotiation and structuring of loan facilities, security documents, intercreditor agreements and hedging arrangements, complex financing structures (including mezzanine and second lien facilities), syndicated asset-based lending deals, cross-border transactions, and risk participation arrangements. He also advises on derivative transactions and foreign exchange (FX) or interest rate hedging arrangements under International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) terms.

Examples of Jonathan’s work include:

• Advising an investment company on acquiring a hotel in Cambridge for £27 million, funded by a £23 million loan from Industrial and Commercial Bank of China.
• Advising Innospec Inc on the refinancing of its $250 million multi-currency, revolving credit facility.
• Advising an automotive manufacturing business on the refinancing of its £25 million revolving credit facility in the context of severe financial distress.
• Advising a developer on the £27 million financing of a build-to-rent scheme in Worcester city centre comprising 213 units let on assured shorthold tenancies.
• Advising a mezzanine lender in relation to the £80 million financing of Tower Park Hotel, Knightsbridge, London.
• Advising in relation to the restructuring and refinancing of a portfolio of commercial properties in London being let on a short-term basis, involving £19 million of senior debt provided by Cohort Capital Limited.
• Advising a residential developer on the refinancing of an £80 million facility provided by HSBC and Beaufort Senior Debt Sarl.
• Advising a lender in relation to the £60 million financing of a residential property in the Mall, London.
• Advising a lender on a £70 million facility to fund the acquisition of £130 million residential property at Hanover Lodge, London.