Graham Soar Partner

Graham is a partner in the firm's banking team. He acts for clients including financial institutions, corporates, funds and public sector bodies in relation to a broad range of finance transactions.

• Corporate banking: Graham advises lenders and borrowers on debt facilities ranging from sub £10 million to £500 million, including bilateral and syndicated facilities, security, intercreditor arrangements and private placements, event-driven and working capital facilities.
• Project finance: advising on energy-related finance across a range of technologies including wind, solar, biomass and waste for lenders and for borrowers.
• Real estate finance: investment and development finance for both lenders and borrowers, including Islamic finance structures.
• Derivatives: Graham’s experience and expertise includes ISDA master agreements and collateral agreements, complex trade confirmations, repo agreements and regulatory advice around clearing and EMIR.
• Debt capital markets and securitisations: including debt issuance programmes, retail bonds and asset-backed securities.

• Advising Volac on corporate debt facilities provided by Lloyds Bank and Barclays Bank including a construction facility for a biomass power plant.
• Advising Temporis Capital, UK Green Investment Bank and KKR as lenders on renewable energy projects including the Srondoire and Blackcraig onshore wind farms.
• Advising a wide range of clients (including National Express, FirstGroup, Imperial Tobacco, Emirates and a number of pension and investment funds) on repo agreements and derivatives.
• Advising Coca-Cola Hellenic on its UK-listed EUR 2 billion EMTN programme, including the initial listing, annual updates and advice on drawdowns, tender offers and continuing obligations.
• Advising Bayerische Landesbank and GMAC-RFC on multiple securitisations.