Chris Barron is an associate in the Banking & Finance practice group in Weil’s London office. He has advised on a range of structured financing and general corporate lending transactions and has particular experience of acting on a number of domestic and cross-border bank and bank/bond leveraged financings. Chris acts for lenders, sponsors and borrowers.
Chris has, as part of a team, advised a number of the leading investment banks including Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Barclays, Citibank, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, HSBC, ING, J.P. Morgan, Nomura, RBS, Société Générale and UBS. He has also advised a number of leading financial sponsors including 3i, Charterhouse, Exponent, OMERS, PAI, Providence and STAR Capital.
Prior to joining Weil, Chris was part of the London banking group of a leading City law firm. He has also spent extended periods on secondment with RBS and with Nomura’s acquisition and leveraged finance team.