Alice Lightfoot
Associate London
ALICE IS AN ASSOCIATE IN THE ASSETS AND STRUCTURED FINANCE GROUP.
Alice joined Watson Farley & Williams in 2016 and qualified into the Assets and Structured Finance group in London in September 2018.
Alice is a banking and finance lawyer and advises banks, financial institutions, owners, operators and lessors on all aspects of loan, security and leasing documentation within the maritime, aviation and rail sectors. She also advises buyers and sellers on sale and purchase transactions. She also has experience in loan portfolio transfers and ECA-backed transactions.
Since joining the firm, Alice has worked in the London, Athens and Singapore offices. Alice spent seven months on secondment to the legal division of UK Export Finance, the UK’s export credit agency and six months on secondment to the global banking legal team at Societe Generale, London Branch.
- Advising HSBC and syndicate on US$123m three vessel Sinosure-backed financing
- Advising Hanwha Investment and Securities Co Ltd as underwriter and KTB Asset Management as original subscriber in the junior secured pre- and post-delivery bond financing for two LNG vessels for Knusten OAS Shipping. This represents the first reported example of a Korean bond financing being included in a French tax lease structure for a ship financing. This transaction won Marine Money Leasing Deal of the Year 2022.
- Advising Alpha Trains on its raising of €548m in a combination of senior and HoldCo level secured bank debt within its existing common terms financing platform.
Education
- 2016 – 2018 · BPP Law School, Graduate LLB (Hons)
- 2015 – 2016 · BPP Law School, Legal Practice Course
- 2014 – 2015 · BPP Law School, Graduate Diploma in Law
- 2011 – 2014 · University of Birmingham, BA (Hons) in History
memberships & associations
- Law Society of England and Wales
- PressWFW advises Alpha Trains on €1.3bn debt refinancing
- PressWFW advises HCOB on €992m NIBC shipping portfolio acquisition
- PressWFW advises DekaBank on US$94m Scorpio Tankers credit facility
- AwardWFW deals win big at IJGlobal Deal of the Year Awards 2022
- PressWFW advises Altera on successful Chapter 11 restructuring