Trowers & Hamlins

Trowers & Hamlins is highly recommended for social housing finance work by the Chambers UK Guide and the Legal 500 directory, the two most respected independent guides to the legal profession.
Neil, who is acknowledged as a Leader in the field of banking and finance by Chambers UK Guide 2009, joins Trowers & Hamlins’ expanding Manchester office to provide local and regional delivery of social housing finance advice to clients across the North and Midlands.

Neil Waller will be specialising in advising on the financing of registered social landlords.  He has extensive experience advising on banking and financing deals and has completed secondments to The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi and Bank of Ireland.  He has wide-ranging finance experience, from providing loan facilities to housing associations to funding corporate acquisitions and wind farm projects.

Mike Gaskell, head of Trowers & Hamlins’ Manchester office, comments: “We are very pleased to welcome Neil’s appointment. He will play a valuable role in both the expansion of our Banking and Finance practice and of our rapidly growing Manchester office.  Bringing talented lawyers like Neil to Trowers & Hamlins is part of delivering on our commitment to remain the law firm of choice for social housing clients.”

Adrian Carter, Head of Banking and Finance, of Trowers & Hamlins adds: “Neil’s addition to our Banking and Finance team will be a useful boost to the level of advice and service we can offer to Registered Social Landlords in what is a challenging funding environment.”

Trowers & Hamlins’ Manchester office has been expanding over the last year to provide a regional solution to clients’ needs.  Recent additions include:
• Karen Andrews, who is one of the UK’s leading advisers on the Government’s Building Schools for the Future programme
• Amanda Stubbs, who has 20 years of experience in environment law
• Katie Saunders, who has extensive experience in strategic framework agreements for large scale construction projects