Louise Duffy

If you need advice on the banking and financing aspects of energy, Louise is the person to talk to. She is experienced in providing guidance on funding, due diligence and fund structuring, and her recent work includes advising on a bonding facility in connection with a business active in the oil and gas sector. She has also provided funding advice to the Port of Tyne in relation to their new biomass storage facility.

Louise is skilled in project managing finance transactions on behalf of borrowers and lenders, including international funding arrangements and can advise and negotiate all forms of credit facilities and supporting security based on LMA documentation and bespoke forms. In recent years she has completed a series of loans for a registered provider including a £95m bond loan.

Louise also advised national registered provider Home Group on multiple loan facilities of £250m. This involved advising on the terms of the loan facility agreements and charging a large number of properties as security. Her strength is adapting her style to client needs and tailoring her support accordingly, managing third parties and getting to a pragmatic and tailored solution.

Louise is skilled in managing real estate finance transactions including funding on development projects, agricultural finance and commercial real estate finance.  Louise works with colleagues in a successful cross-disciplinary team and manages a number of these client relationships including Hampshire Trust Bank and Santander UK plc.