Ben is a Principal Associate in the Financial Services team.

Ben specialises in B2B asset finance & leasing and has advised banks, finance providers, lessors, lessees, brokers and trade bodies in connection with a diverse range of matters including:

• General equipment leasing (operating and finance leases, short term and long term rental arrangements, hire purchase agreements, sale and lease/hire purchase back structures, asset refinancing, staged payment and pre-facility funding and commercial loans).
• Contract hire and vehicle fleet funding arrangements.
• Sale, purchase and financing of receivables.
• Stocking finance.
• Block discounting.
• Introducer and broker arrangements & disclosed/undisclosed agency funding structures.

Ben qualified into the Asset Finance team at Addleshaw Goddard in 2010 and remained there until January 2022, when he joined Shoosmiths.