Leon works with banks, other financial institutional lenders, managers, general partners and limited partners of funds on fund financing transactions with private equity, secondaries, real estate, direct lending and infrastructure funds.
He has a great deal of experience advising on Net Asset Value (NAV)/asset-backed and hybrid facilities, secondary funds facilities, capital call facilities, co-investment and GP/manager support facilities and other types of liquidity facilities provided to funds; and also represents a large proportion of lenders that provide fund financing, as well as a number of private equity and other funds on complex fund finance transactions.
Leon is recognized as a “Leading Individual” in Fund Finance by Legal 500 UK 2022 and the team is recognized in Band 1 in Fund Finance by Legal 500 UK 2022. Leon was also recognized as “Partner of the Year for Banking” at the Client Choice Awards 2017.
"He is very commercial, he is an excellent networker who brings people together and gives good advice, and he is very good at complex structures." - Chambers, Banking and finance: lenders – mid-market, 2022
"Leon is very good and is very well known in the space - a pioneer of making deals happen." - Chambers, Banking and finance: lenders – mid-market, 2022
"He is excellent, a real businessman as well as a lawyer." - Chambers, Banking and finance: lenders – mid-market, 2022
