FFW appointed on West Bromwich Commercial Limited panel
05 September 2005
Field Fisher Waterhouse has been appointed as the sole City law
firm on the panel of West Bromwich Commercial Limited, the
commercial lending arm of West Bromwich Building Society.
The West Brom is the UK’s ninth-largest building society and has
£5.9 billion assets worth of under management. Its
subsidiary, West Bromwich Commercial Limited (WBCL), provides
mortgages to fund the acquisition of prime commercial investment
properties and increased lending by 73% in financial year
2004/05.
Field Fisher Waterhouse is already acting for WBCL on a number
of transactions, including the first two acquisitions – a shopping
centre in Cheltenham and office blocks in Norwich – by a limited
partnership, both of which have now been successfully
completed.
The FFW team, which successfully tendered for the panel
appointment, was led by structured finance partner, Gary
Walker. FFW property finance partner William Greig leads the
team acting for WBCL and is assisted by Steven Cole.
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