Hugh Kettle

Hugh's practice is split between banking/capital markets and commercial property. He also advises on insolvency issues.

In the banking area, he focuses on property finance (both development and investment), acquisition finance and project finance. He has strong international project finance experience, particularly in the electricity, PPP/PFI and LNG sectors. He also advises on general bilateral and syndicated loan matters and on local authority funding arrangements.

Hugh has advised issuers, managers, trustees, guarantors and monoline insurers on a range of capital markets issues, including complex multi-sourced financings and the associated intercreditor arrangements. Hugh has acted on commercial paper and EMTN programmes as well as rated long term bond issues and various property syndicate structures.

He has acted for creditors on several large restructurings, in the electricity and construction sectors, as well as providing general corporate insolvency advice. He was involved in several high profile restructurings while working in London.

Hugh's property experience includes acquisitions, disposals and leasing of commercial, industrial and rural property portfolios. He acts on the establishment of property syndicates and funds through a range of corporate structures and for developers on property joint ventures, development and option arrangements.

His expertise also spans large-scale due diligence investigations, land-based applications under the Overseas Investment Act and offer-back investigations under the Public Works Act.