Morgan Bale is a partner in the firm’s Banking & Finance practice based in New York. He has wide experience in all areas of domestic and cross-border bank financing. Mr. Bale regularly represents banks, financial institutions and corporate borrowers in connection with acquisition finance and other event-driven lending transactions, encompassing investment grade, leveraged cash-flow and asset-based syndicated credit facilities (including first and second lien secured loans), as well as loan restructurings, debtor-in-possession financings and exit financings. Clients which Mr. Bale represents include Barclays, Citi, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase and Morgan Stanley.
Mr. Bale joined our London office in 1998 and became a Partner in 2005. He received his undergraduate degree in Philosophy (BA Hons.) from the University of York in 1989, graduated from the College of Law in York in 1993 and received a LLM from the University of Virginia School of Law in 2002.
Mr. Bale is admitted to the New York State Bar and is a Solicitor of The Supreme Court of England & Wales. He is ranked as a leading lawyer in Banking & Finance by Chambers USA 2013 and in Bank Lending by IFLR 1000.