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Charles Weems

Partner
Manchester
About

Charles is a member of the Finance, Projects and Restructuring team.

Charles has experience in leveraged finance, acquisition finance and corporate lending.

Charles advises lenders on a full range of bilateral and syndicated facilities, advising banks and debt funds, as well as advising corporate clients and private equity houses on sponsor-backed transactions.

Areas of FocusFinancial ServicesFinanceLeveraged Finance and Debt Finance

EXPERIENCE

  • Warburtons Holdings Limited in connection with the provision of syndicated senior term and revolving facilities for the refinancing of the Warburtons group.
  • Lloyds Bank plc as provider of term and revolving credit facilities in connection with the ECI-backed secondary buy-out of Amber Travel Holdings Limited in March 2013.
  • Conviviality Plc in connection with syndicated senior term and revolving credit facilities to the Conviviality group on the admission of Conviviality Plc to the Alternative Investment Market in July 2013.
  • Lloyds Bank plc in connection with syndicated senior term and revolving credit facilities in connection with the Equistone-led MBO of the Travel Counsellors group in October 2014.
  • Tosca Debt Capital LLP on a series of second lien / mezzanine finance transactions and unitranche / super senior transactions .
  • Prudential Insurance Company of America (and its affiliates) in connection with the provision of acquisition financing via a securities purchase agreement in relation to the MBO of Principle Holdings Limited in December 2016.
  • Charles Taylor PLC in connection with the refinancing of its syndicated banking facilities in October 2017.
  • Hayfin Capital Management LLP and KKR Credit Advisors (EMEA) LLP in connection with the Inflexion-backed buy-out of Huws Gray in April 2018.
  • A syndicate of four banks in connection with the Inflexion backed buy-out of UK Fast in February 2019.
Languages
  • English
Education
  • Manchester Metropolitan University. Legal Practice Course, 2009 - 2010
  • University of Sheffield, Bachelor of Laws (LLB (Hons)), 2004-2007
  • St. Ambrose College, Hale Barns, A-Levels, 2002-2004

Awards

  • Ranked in Chambers UK 2020
  • Finalist in Pro-Manchester Lawyer of the Year

Prior Experience

  • May 2017 to present, Senior Associate, DLA Piper UK LLP
  • September 2012 to May 2017, Associate, DLA Piper UK LLP
  • 2010 to 2012, Trainee Solicitor, leading international law firm

Additional information

  • careers day at local grammar school and follow-up careers sessions and “professional quiz”;
  • presentation on the “Life of a Lawyer” at a local school;
  • Break Into Law work experience programme;
  • Pathways to Law work experience programme;
  • BLD work experience programme;
  • Salford Foundation CSR activities (interview techniques, CV drafting etc.);
  • Street Soccer Academy - fund-raising events and charity auctions;
  • Manchester Metropolitan University student mentoring scheme (I have three mentees);
  • Manchester Law Society careers dinner;
  • Manchester Insight Day - speed networking session;
  • supervisor role on vacation schemes and work experience programmes, in addition to presenting to the attendees;
  • member of the Habeus Corpus pro bono team;
  • meetings with the firm's executive to comment on and discuss business processes and potential improvements; and
  • meetings with external agencies to comment on and discuss business processes and potential improvements.

Memberships And Affiliations

  • Law Society

Connect

Phone

+44 (0)1612 354 634
(Work, Manchester)
+44 (0)7968 559 266
(Work)
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