HILL DICKINSON have strengthened their banking team with the appoinment of a new partner.
Elaine Charrôt has joined the national law firm as a partner in the banking team headed by Patrick Keown.
She will work across the North West from Hill Dickinson’s offices in Manchester, Liverpool and Chester.
Elaine joins from Carey Olsen’s Jersey office where she was a senior associate in the corporate group, acting on a range of finance transactions and gaining experience of Jersey property unit trusts and film financing arrangements.
She also established and advised on numerous investment funds and private equity structures together with related financing arrangements.
Prior to this, Elaine was an associate in the corporate banking team at Addleshaw Goddard‘s Manchester office, where she worked with Patrick acting for leading banks on a range of lending transactions involving acquisition, project and property finance.
Elaine said: “Hill Dickinson has a rapidly growing reputation for banking and finance work and I am very excited about this opportunity.
"Patrick and I have worked together previously and I am aware of the excellent work he has been doing since his arrival at Hill Dickinson.
"We will continue to build on that and grow the practice in the coming months and years.�
Patrick Keown, partner and head of banking at Hill Dickinson, said: “Only a handful of corporate firms in the North West have specialist banking lawyers.
"Elaine’s appointment further proves our success in attracting the best talent and our commitment to providing a bespoke legal service for the banking sector.�