Jenny Chatten > Geldards LLP > Derby, England > Lawyer Profile

Geldards LLP
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1 Pride Place
Pride Park
DE24 8QR
England
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Work Department

Corporate

Position

Jenny is an experienced corporate lawyer, advising companies through periods of change and helping them to achieve their business goals. She also leads the Banking team in the Midlands, helping companies and banks negotiate and make sense of funding documents. She acts for the major UK banks, as well as for public and private sector lenders and borrowers. Jenny works with businesses and owners to help them strategise and plan for their future, whether for a sale, succession planning or investment. She is known for applying commercial solutions to complex issues, for her level head and good business sense.

Jenny performs a wide range of corporate and corporate finance work, including advising on buying and selling businesses, mergers and acquisitions, MBOs, shareholders’ agreements, joint ventures and general company law. Jenny also provides advice on the full range of banking matters, including loan documentation, guarantees, security documents, deeds of priority and intercreditor arrangements. Jenny also has particular expertise in agriculture, where she advises on farming partnerships, and in the care sector, where she advises on provision of finance for and sales of care homes and pharmacies.

Lawyer Rankings

East Midlands > Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Nottingham and Derby

Operating out of Derby and Nottingham, the team at Geldards LLP focuses on M&A, restructuring issues, and commercial contract negotiations. Debra Martin heads up the corporate team, with expertise in capital investments and restructuring issues across the legal and retail sectors. Alongside Martin, Jamie Goldberg leads the commercial team, and specialises in handling specialist commercial agreements for high-profile individuals and corporations within the sports and music industries. Part of the corporate team, Paul Feenan leads on employee ownership trust issues, while Peter Seary specialises in cross-border acquisitions for food and drink companies. Simon Davers often handles acquisitions for motor clients, while Jenny Chatten is knowledgeable of management buy-outs, and Manjot Shokar works on a broad range of acquisition matters.

East Midlands > Finance > Banking and finance

Geldards LLP handles funding arrangements, facility agreements and finance documentation, with a focus on advising educational institutions and councils. Noted for her ‘extensive experience of financing structuring and documentation’, Jenny Chatten leads the practice from Nottingham, and often advises on facility agreements and renewable energy funding issues. Sarah Bailey-Parke provides assistance on negotiating security documents and finance documentation.