In England the work embraces corporate and asset finance, syndicated and bilateral lending, payments and e‑money arrangements, capital markets issuance, export credit and trade finance, fund and specialty finance, and the regulatory overlay that governs firms and products. Solicitors prepare and negotiate facility agreements, security instruments and intercreditor deeds, ISDA and subscription documents, advise on permissions under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 and the Financial Services Act 2012, deal with the FCA, PRA, Bank of England, Payment Systems Regulator and Financial Ombudsman Service, carry out Companies House and HM Land Registry searches, register charges and pursue enforcement or court proceedings in the High Court or Commercial Court.
What a solicitor handles in these matters
Typical legal tasks include securing permissions and regulatory interaction under FSMA, advising on SMCR and prudential and conduct obligations, drafting complex facility, intercreditor and security packages, perfecting charges at Companies House and land charges at HM Land Registry, structuring export finance with UK Export Finance, and managing contentious enforcement, insolvency and regulatory investigations.