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Victoria Thompson

Of Counsel

Victoria Thompson assists clients in a wide variety of finance transactions, focusing on asset-based lending, borrowing base financings, refinancings, special situations, and distressed debt funding. Victoria also has experience with general banking and finance transactions across a number of industries and sectors, including retail, manufacturing, aviation and mining. She acts for all classes of investors including banks, nonbank financial institutions, alternative finance providers, hedge funds, asset managers, quasi-private equity funds, and investment companies. Victoria also advises clients on strategic transactions and joint ventures.

Extended Profile

Victoria has worked extensively on cross-border and international financing transactions and frequently works with clients and other lawyers in the United States and throughout Asia, Europe and the Middle East. Victoria is dually qualified to practice in New York and England & Wales. In 2017, The Legal 500 UK noted, “Victoria Thompson is a ‘rising star’ who already has a significant amount of experience in the market, particularly in relation to cross-border ABL transactions.”

Victoria previously spent 11 months on secondment to a New York–based hedge fund in 2015, where she advised on a range of issues. She also spent five months on secondment in 2016 at Wells Fargo, assisting with their acquisition of GE’s commercial distribution finance business.

Select Matters

  • Advised market-leading lenders on major asset-based lending transactions
  • Advised on the reorganization of existing asset-based facilities resulting from group company reorganizations
  • Advised companies on their financial and operational restructurings
  • Advised secured and unsecured creditors on legal and strategic options in distressed situations

Education

  • BPP Law School, London, 2008, LPC
  • University College London, 2007, LLB

Admissions

  • England & Wales (Solicitor)
  • New York

Awards and Affiliations

Recommended, Finance: Asset Based Lending, London, The Legal 500 UK (2019)

Ranked, Rising Star for Banking, Super Lawyers (2014)

News

1/24/2018 - Morgan Lewis Adds Finance Partner and Of Counsel to London International Finance Team