Gihan Hatab
Banking & Secured Lending Consultant
Gihan is a highly experienced banking specialist with over 18 years’ experience advising banks, specialist lenders and other financial institutions on secured lending transactions across a broad range of sectors.
Working alongside the firm’s legal team, Gihan provides strategic commercial insight on lending structures, security packages and transaction management, drawing on extensive experience gained within the banking industry. This practical perspective enables the firm to deliver commercially focused advice that reflects the priorities and objectives of lenders.
Having worked with high street banks, challenger banks, specialist lenders and alternative finance providers, Gihan has significant expertise in real estate finance, corporate lending, development finance, acquisition finance and refinancing transactions. She has considerable experience of managing complex secured lending transactions from initial instruction through to completion, working closely with legal advisers, valuers, surveyors and borrowers to ensure transactions progress efficiently.
Gihan’s appointment strengthens the firm’s secured lending practice, offering lender clients the benefit of both first-class legal advice and the commercial insight of an experienced banking professional. Her understanding of lender requirements, credit processes and transaction risk helps clients achieve pragmatic and efficient outcomes.
Please note that Gihan is not a solicitor and does not provide legal advice. She works alongside the firm’s solicitors as a specialist banking consultant, contributing strategic and commercial expertise to support clients on secured lending transactions.

gihan.hatab@lexventus.co.uk
020 3838 2818