Finance Law and Banking Law

A consortium of investment funds advised by Tinicum and Blackstone has launched a £1.275 billion recommended offer for FTSE 250-listed Senior plc, an international engineering solutions provider serving aerospace, defence, and energy markets. This high-profile public-to-private transaction highlights continued private equity interest in UK listed companies with strong fundamentals and long-term growth potential in the defence and aerospace sector.

Private capital markets are evolving rapidly as businesses seek alternative financing beyond traditional bank lending. Mark Evans of Mayer Brown discusses how private credit providers, hybrid capital structures...

You'll find the answer to this question in a recent episode of ‘The Long-Short' podcast, produced by the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA), featuring Jersey Finance's Head of Funds, Elliot Refson.

A Court of Appeal case examines whether financial services regulations or property law principles take precedence when a sale and rent back agreement violates the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000. The dispute centered on whether innocent parties could recover property transferred to third parties after the original transaction breached regulatory requirements.

As debt financing increasingly recognizes the value of intangible assets, companies must strategically prepare their intellectual property portfolios to meet lender expectations.

Businesses undergoing strategic change face unique challenges when seeking debt financing, as lenders grapple with uncertainty around unproven revenue streams and unfamiliar markets.

In this In Practice article we consider what comes next, after the Supreme Court judgment on secret commission payments in motor vehicle finance transactions.

On 7 October 2025, the FCA published a consultation paper (the "Consultation") on an industry-wide scheme to compensate motor finance customers who were treated unfairly between 2007...

The 2025 Airline Economics Conference in Dublin highlighted several key trends and challenges currently shaping the aviation industry, with a particular focus on the leasing sector...

Jersey remains one of the leading offshore jurisdictions for cross-border lending transactions and central to many of these arrangements is a robust security package governed by Jersey law.

The Commercial Court's decision in Shukla v St James Bank clarifies that non-recourse lending structures cannot eliminate a borrower's equity of redemption under English law. When a lender refused to cooperate with loan repayment and attempted to retain collateral based on technical defaults, the court struck down contractual provisions that sought to forfeit redemption rights and awarded substantial damages for breach of contract.

The Isle of Man Aircraft Registry is introducing new legislation effective October 2026 that will modernise how lenders register legal claims against aircraft. The Civil Aviation (Mortgaging of Aircraft) Order 2026 brings tighter timelines, enhanced privacy protections, and greater administrative flexibility while preserving core lender protections. These changes will impact all aircraft finance and leasing transactions through the Isle of Man registry.