Neil Dixon > Linklaters LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Linklaters LLP
ONE SILK STREET
LONDON
EC2Y 8HQ
England

Work Department

Capital Markets

Position

Partner in the Equity and Debt Markets Group. Neil advises financial institutions and corporate clients on a broad range of debt capital markets transactions, including international debt offerings, bank and insurance regulatory capital, hybrid bonds, equity-linked debt, liability management transactions and medium-term note and commercial paper programmes. Neil has a particular focus on regulatory and corporate hybrid capital issuance as well as other prudential regulatory matters such as ring-fencing and resolution planning.

Neil was recommended as a “rising star” in the 2014 Legal 500 for his debt capital markets work

Career

2016 to date Partner, Linklaters London
2010 – 2016 Managing Associate, Linklaters London
2008 – 2010 Associate, Linklaters London
2003 – 2008 Trainee / Solicitor, Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP, Edinburgh

Memberships

Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales

Education

2002 – 2003 School of Law, University of Edinburgh, DipLP
1998 – 2002 School of Law, University of Edinburgh, LLB Hons (First Class)

Lawyer Rankings

London > Finance > Debt capital markets

At Dentons, the team is ‘extremely responsive and excellent technically with strong commercial acumen‘. The firm handles the full range of DCM work, but is particularly highly regarded for advice on GMTN and EMTN programmes, debut Rule 144A and Regulation S offerings, emerging markets transactions, green and sustainability-linked bonds, and corporate trustee matters. It also handles liability management for issuers and dealer managers in, and regulatory capital trades for bank, insurance and asset manager issuers. David Cohen leads the practice. He recently assisted a UK building society with its £5bn EMTN programme. Nick Hayday and emerging partner talent Victoria Wyer assisted an Indian private sector mortgage lender with issues concerning its $2.8bn MTN programme in light of the company’s merger. Cameron Half leads the US Securities practice in EMEA, focusing on SEC-registered, Rule 144A and Regulation S debt and equity offerings. Neil Dixon‘s broad practice includes insurance regulatory capital, hybrid bonds, and equity-linked debt deals. Specialist trustee lawyer Catriona ’Kitty’ Lloyd  ‘really goes into bat for her clients‘.