GARY IS CO-HEAD OF THE LONDON ASSETS & STRUCTURED FINANCE GROUP.
Gary specialises in asset finance in the maritime sector, where he regularly acts on behalf of international banks and shipowners in relation to debt financing, ECA financing, leasing and restructurings and enforcements.
Gary joined WFW in 2007 and during his time with the firm, he was seconded for ten months to the structured and asset finance legal team of an international investment bank.
- Advising an ING-led syndicate of lenders on the US$252m financing of the world’s first ever LNG-powered aframax tankers for leading Russian shipowner Sovcomflot Group.
- Advising Golar LNG Limited on the US$800m refinancing of the Golar MLP fleet, secured over seven ships and consolidated a number of vessel financings for Golar MLP.
- Advising ABN Amro Bank N.V., KfW IPEX-Bank GmbH and the Polish, German and Dutch export credit agencies in relation to a US$280m financing of two offshore support vessels for the Ceona group to be constructed in Poland, Germany and Holland. The financing was backed by the German government CIRR programme.
Education
- 2003 · College of Law, London, Legal Practice Course (with Commendation)
- 2002 · College of Law, London, Postgraduate Diploma in Law (with Commendation)
- 2002 · College of Law, London, Legal Practice Course (with Commendation)
- AwardWFW deal wins Ship Finance Deal of the Year at Seatrade Maritime Awards 2022
- PressWFW advises Citibank and HSBC on first of their kind ECA-backed JOLCOs for Seaspan
- PressWFW advises lenders on US$155m Tangguh LNG carrier refinancing
- EventThe Anatomy of LNG to Power Episode 4: FSRU – Finance and Bankability
- EventTransport Webinar Series: Maritime – Episode 1