Corporate and Institutional Banking sits at the centre of the UK economy, connecting the organisations that need capital with the investors who allocate it. Our London teams advise corporate treasurers, chief financial officers, institutional investors, asset owners and private equity sponsors on the decisions that shape their balance sheets for years, not quarters.

That means arranging syndicated loans and private placements, leading bond and equity issuance, hedging currency and interest rate exposure, and advising on acquisitions, disposals and structural change. Because financing, markets and securities services sit within one bank, a client raising capital in London can settle, service and report on those assets through the same relationship, reducing friction and operational risk.

Our approach is deliberately long-term. We commit to sectors through the cycle, hold positions when conditions tighten, and build teams with genuine industry knowledge in energy, infrastructure, real estate, healthcare, technology and industrials. Clients tell us the difference is continuity: the same bankers, year after year, who understand the history behind the numbers and can move quickly when an opportunity appears.

Increasingly, that expertise is directed towards transition. We help clients finance the shift to lower carbon operations through sustainability-linked structures, green bonds and transition finance, applying rigorous standards so that capital genuinely supports a responsible and sustainable economy rather than simply relabelling existing activity.