Ashley Painter

Highly experienced lawyer with over 25 years experience working on all aspects of International banking and financial services. He brings: Deep Technical Knowledge Commercial Risk Management Good Team Management Skills Communication Skills Legal Cost Management High profile examples of this include acting for the UK government in connection with the insolvency of Railtrack PLC and refinancing of Network Rail, the Channel Tunnel Rail link financing and refinancing, the privatisation of the London Underground (Metrolink), the first UK securitisation of lease rentals by a grocer (Sainsburys), the first UK water securitisation (Anglian Dee Valley), the first European synthetic securitisation (Kaiserplatz), the first UAE commercial lease rental securitisation (Arabian Retail Investment Trust), the first insolvency in the DIFC (Forsyth), the first regulatory investigation in the DIFC (Shuaa Capital) and the largest private leverage financing in the Gulf (Leighton/Al Habtoor ,acting for HSBC) and its refinancing. He has given seminars and press commentary on topical Gulf legal issues particularly around corporate governance and insolvency.