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Carla Nocerino

I am a finance solicitor specialising in complex cross-border financing transactions, advising financial institutions, sponsors and corporate borrowers on debt finance, real estate finance, project finance and leveraged acquisition finance.

Areas of Expertise

Funds, Finance & Regulatory
Funds
Finance
Regulatory
Commercial Contracts
Capital Markets
Mergers & Acquisitions
Real Estate Finance
Debt Finance
Financial Services

Our Service

I am a finance solicitor specialising in complex cross-border financing transactions, advising financial institutions, sponsors and corporate borrowers on debt finance, real estate finance, project finance and leveraged acquisition finance.

My practice focuses on advising lenders and borrowers on the structuring, negotiation and execution of complex cross-jurisdictional finance transactions, helping clients navigate multi-party financing arrangements and achieve their commercial objectives, with transaction values generally ranging between £10m and £7b. I also have a broad corporate law practice, advising on transactions including private mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, restructurings and general corporate advisory. 

My work spans all major areas of debt finance, with a particular focus on real estate finance, project finance, leveraged and acquisition finance. 

My clients include institutional banks and financial institutions, private equity houses, international corporates and development finance institutions. I work closely with clients at all stages of a transaction, from initial structuring through to completion, post-completion and perfection of security, delivering practical, commercially focused advice. 

Prior to joining Fladgate, I gained significant expertise in banking, finance and corporate transactions spanning across offshore jurisdictions and the MENA region, where I advised on English law, Jersey law, ADGM law, Jordanian law, Iraqi law and UAE law matters.  

I am quadrilingual, fluent in English and Arabic with intermediate Italian and French and have published articles on green lending and sustainability-linked loans and the development of custodian banks. 

Experience

 

  • Advising on a £7 billion takeover, acting for the borrower across three separate facilities including supply chain, acquisition and back-leveraged financing, and assisting with the listing of a note instrument on The International Stock Exchange.
  • Advising on a €400 million senior secured notes offering and additional term loans (comprising approximately €1.3 billion).
  • Advising on a £70 million acquisition of 12 commercial properties, involving senior and mezzanine facilities advanced by institutional lenders.
  • Advising a multilateral development bank on a multi-million-dollar bilateral LMA facility to a regional infrastructure operator in the Middle East.

Accolades / Awards

  • Loan Market Association (LMA) Certificate Course – Primary and Secondary Syndicated Loan Markets (2022)
  • Member of the Jersey International Legal Association (JILA) (2024)
  • Member of the Law Society (2023)
  • Contributor to the Doing Business Report by the World Bank Group (2021)

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