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Portrait of Courtney Stroud
Areas of expertise: Banking and finance

Profile

Courtney is an associate in the banking and finance team in Reading.  

She has experience in a range of domestic and cross border funding arrangements, including real estate finance, leveraged finance and acquisition finance. Courtney has acted for a variety of clients, including major UK clearing banks, challenger banks, and borrowing entities. 

Courtney trained in London and qualified in September 2023. She took a sabbatical to travel on qualification and joined the firm as a newly qualified solicitor in June 2024. Prior to this, Courtney studied at the University of Liverpool before completing her Legal Practice Course at the University of Law, graduating with a distinction. 

Recent work highlights

  • Assisting a major UK clearing bank with a multi-million-pound refinancing matter.
  • Acting for a lender to provide significant acquisition financing to an expanding high-value pharmacy group.
  • Acting for a UK top 20 housebuilder client seeking financing for several new property developments.

Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP

Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP is a limited liability partnership registered in England and Wales with registered number OC311575 and is authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority under number 419867.

Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP