Cathy Bell-Walker
Partner
London
Cathy Bell-Walker
Partner
London
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Cathy has a broad ranging international banking practice, including syndicated loans and investment grade acquisition financings, real estate finance and asset financings. She has borrower clients, in particular in the travel sector. She has extensive experience of acting for finance providers in leveraged finance transactions on both UK and European cross-border transactions including acting for high-yield bridge lenders.
Chambers UK comments that Cathy is "a very strong finance lawyer who puts the client at ease".
Cathy has been a partner in Allen & Overy since 2002 and was an elected member of the Allen & Overy global board from 2010-2014. She qualified as an English solicitor in 1996 and was based in the Frankfurt office of Allen & Overy LLP for ten years. She is a fluent German speaker. She is currently Chair of the Allen & Overy Global Markets Board which co-ordinates the firm’s relationship with law firms in jurisdictions where A&O does not have a presence. She also runs the A&O London Senior Women’s Network.
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News & insights
News: 10 JULY 2020
Allen & Overy’s leveraged finance team advises on three debut high-yield bond issuances
Allen & Overy’s leveraged finance team has advised on three high-yield bond issuances, all of which having completed since the start of July 2020, with each of the deals involving a debut issuer.
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Publications: 09 JULY 2020
The Land Registry has today announced that it will “soon” start to accept electronic signatures. This is a major policy shift for the Land Registry and will be welcomed by the property industry both…
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Publications: 06 JULY 2020
Webinar: Private credit in the UK - Navigating new opportunities in the age of Covid
In a panel session moderated by the Alternative Credit Council (ACC), Joydeep Choudhuri, Sanjeev Dhuna and Tim Watson, partners in our Leveraged Finance and Restructuring practices, discuss how…
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Publications: 06 JULY 2020
Public Private Partnership (PPP) regulatory update: Eligible projects expanded and new joint PPP
On 27 January 2020, the Minister of National Development Plan (the Minister) (also known as the Head of National Development Plan Agency/KepalaBadanPerencanaan Pembangunan Nasional/Bappenas), issued…
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