Elton has experience in acting for both lenders and borrowers on a wide range of corporate lending matters, including secured and unsecured syndicated lending, cross-border acquisition finance, securities-backed margin financing and repo transactions and real estate financing with complex investor structures.

In the shipping sector, Elton has acted for a variety of institutions covering a broad range of matters. These include acting for shipowners and financiers in negotiating and reviewing shipbuilding contracts and refund guarantees. He has also advised shipowners, commercial lenders, leasing companies and institutional investors on all aspects of ship finance transactions, including conventional debt financing, finance and operating leasing as well as distressed asset sale and investments.

Elton has also contributed to the fourth edition of the leading ship finance industry handbook, Shipping Finance.