Gary Grigor

Partner

Areas of Expertise

Gary is a Partner and Head of Banking, Corporate, Governance & Employment, nationally. He is a banking law specialist and also co-heads the Leeds office alongside Chris Drabble.

He acts for borrowers, lenders and trustees on real-estate finance related arrangements, with a particular specialism in social housing finance, where he is ranked as a leading practitioner in Chambers & Partners and Legal 500 directories.

He has extensive experience of advising on a range of financial instruments and arrangements, including syndicated and bilateral loan facilities; facility restructurings; mergers; group collapses; intra-group funding; interest rate derivatives; private shelf facilities, and high-value private bond issues.

Directories

Named as Leading Partner in Legal 500

Ranked as Band 2 in The Chambers UK Legal Guide

Education

Gary graduated from Durham University with BA (Hons) in Economics and Politics, before completing his CPE at the College of Law in York and the LPC at BPP in Leeds.

Notable Cases

Advised Gentoo Group on a £310m debt package spanning new facilities, loan extensions and interest rate hedging arrangements.

Advised Onward Homes on £390m debt and interest rate management arrangements, involving multiple financial institutions.

Advised on the refinance of Anchor’s £325m revolving credit facility involving 4 club participants.

Advised bpha on refinancing its multi-lender legacy syndicate facility, into 4 bilateral facility agreements totalling £530m of debt arrangements.

Advised Eden Housing Association on the restructure of £45m debt arrangements involving new and existing debt providers.

Advised Progress Housing on £170m debt and security arrangements.

Advised Yorkshire Housing on £150m debt arrangements, in part pegged to sustainability linked provisions.

Client Testimonials

“Gary Grigor is the standout partner for me. His industry knowledge and insight is second to none and gives robust advice with a friendly demeanour. He takes the time to know our entire loan portfolio so that when negotiating something new, he knows immediately whether it is a good fit and can highlight any variations from the ‘norm’ so that our time as the client can be spent focused on the points we need to understand and commercially negotiate.”

Legal 500

“Gary Grigor is extremely knowledgeable and always readily available to discuss matters, whether it be the commercial big picture or an intricate point of detail. He is a strong negotiator, achieving excellent results in negotiations with minimal client input required.”

Legal 500