Expert Commercial Finance lawyers in a range of commercial disciplines

Blake Morgan is an expert law firm in all areas of lending related to businesses and commerce. Our Commercial Finance team includes lawyers based in London, Reading, Southampton and Cardiff. We advise on a wide variety of financing arrangements including acquisition and management buyout finance, receivables finance, trade finance and asset finance. We act for banks, institutional lenders and borrowers. The borrowers we act for range from small and medium-sized enterprises through to multinational corporations. The Commercial Finance team also has expertise in a variety of specialist sectors including healthcare, education, renewables and not-for-profit lending.

Main Areas Of Practice

Our experienced team undertakes a broad range of transactions including:

Acquisition finance

We act for lenders and borrowers in relation to a wide range of term loan and revolving credit facilities relating to corporate acquisitions and management buyouts.

Receivables finance

We advise lenders and businesses on a wide range of receivables financing arrangements including invoice discounting, the sale and purchase of lease portfolios, project contracts and lease contracts.

Trade finance

Advising domestic and international businesses in relation to letters of credit, bank guarantees and other credit and liquidity support devices.

Asset finance

Advising banks, institutional lenders and businesses in relation to finance and operating leasing, hire purchase, conditional sale and sale and leaseback arrangements.

Our Clients

Our team acts for a variety of banks and institutional lenders and also borrowers in relation to all kinds of financing arrangements that may be required by businesses.

"The team at Blake Morgan is proactive and attentive, with strong communication skills."
- Chambers and Partners, 2025


“The team at Blake Morgan provide very sound guidance, where they take a commercial approach, but ensure that their clients are fully informed of any risks associated. They are typically easy to get hold of and quick to respond to queries, producing work in an efficient manner.”
- Legal 500


"They can cut through the legal woods to deliver commercial advice and identify risk. Client feels they can always rely on the firm's guidance."
- Chambers and Partners, 2025


"Blake Morgan LLP's practice has the critical mass across the South East to provide clients, which include institutional lenders and major corporates, on a wide range of financing transactions."
- The Legal 500



Highlights

Advising a clearing bank in relation to a £14 million term loan facility relating to a management buyout of a leading independent provider of telecommunications and the largest direct business partner of O2 in the UK. The facilities were secured against a blend of business assets and guarantees from multiple group companies.


Advising a global manufacturing group based in India in respect of English law security relating to c.€700 million facilities relating to multiple subsidiaries in multiple jurisdictions. This included advising on arrangements between a variety of creditors and banks. 


Advising a clearing bank in connection with the provision of certain receivables, inventory, supply chain and general banking financing facilities to a leading automotive aftermarket parts supplier, including a £15,000,000 confidential invoice discounting and stock line, asset finance term loan, promissory note facility, foreign exchange facility, US dollar overdraft and intra-day overdraft facility.


Awards, Accolades and Accreditations

Get the latest Banking and Finance news from Blake Morgan

Register for our mailings to receive insights and invitations

Sign up here

Our Experts

Kath
Shimmin
Partner

Southampton

View Profile
Meera
Jansen
Partner

London

View Profile
Paul
Duggan
Partner

Cardiff

View Profile
Natalie
Coates
Partner

London

View Profile
Oliver
Storey-Harris
Partner

London

View Profile
Arrange a Call With One of Our Experts

Related Expertise

BM Insights

Articles

Personal Profiles, Professional Insights: Paul Duggan, Banking & Finance Partner

Paul Duggan didn’t plan to become a lawyer. After studying politics in Belfast, he set his sights on academia. But his life took an unexpected turn thanks to another passion...

Read More
Events

Counsel+ Roundtable: Regulatory update and preparing for change - PAST EVENT - Exclusively for in-house lawyers in the private sector - 20 March 2025, Blake Morgan London

Blake Morgan's Counsel+ Roundtable event on 20 March focused on regulatory updates. This year sees the introduction of key pieces of legislation that will impact businesses across the UK who...

Read More

Articles

FCA criticised for approach in “swaps scandal”: implications for future intervention

UPDATE: 27 January 2025: On 25 January 2025, the Treasury has applied to intervene in the Supreme Court hearing relating to commission and listed for the start of April, signalling a...

Read More

Articles

Key steps to take following commission disclosure ruling

What are the key steps to take following the Johnson, Wrench and Hopcraft Court of Appeal decision on commission disclosure on 25 October 2024? Below are our recommendations for dealing...

Read More

Articles

Court of Appeal decision on motor finance commissions

The Court of Appeal has upheld three consumer appeals in the motor finance industry (Hopcraft, Wrench, and Johnson), significantly expanding fiduciary and disclosure obligations. This expansion risks encroaching into other...

Read More

Newsletters

Brief Banking Bites - Autumn 2024

Welcome to the Autumn 2024 edition of Brief Banking Bites from Blake Morgan. In this edition we look at some of our recent deals, provide an overview of potential ‘hot...

Read More
Click here for more Insights
Change your cookie consent
Skip to content