Nicki Kayser > Linklaters > Luxembourg, Luxembourg > Lawyer Profile
Linklaters Offices
AVENUE JOHN F. KENNEDY 35
L-1855 LUXEMBOURG
Luxembourg
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Nicki Kayser
Work Department
Capital Markets and Banking
Position
Nicki is the national managing partner of the firm’s Luxembourg office. He is also a partner of the Luxembourg capital markets and banking group since April 2006.
Nicki practises in capital markets as well as in banking and finance matters. His banking practice covers credit and security taking, bilateral and syndicated lending, margin loans, fund financing, acquisition finance as well as restructuring and insolvency matters.
Nicki contributes regularly in legal periodicals and other publications on capital markets and banking subjects. Most recently he contributed the Luxembourg chapter in Finanzderivate (financial derivates), edited by J.C Zerey.
Nicki’s capital markets practice focuses on debt instruments. Nicki has specialist expertise in derivatives products, securitisations, repackagings, fiduciary structures and generally all types of debt securities issues. He also advises regularly on prospectus, market abuse and transparency obligation laws, EMIR and other regulatory matters in the capital markets space.
Languages
English, French, German and Luxembourgish
Memberships
Nicki is a member of the board of the Association Luxembourgeoise des Juristes de Droit Bancaire (ALJB) (the Luxembourg Association of Banking Lawyers) and a member of the editorial committee of the legal journal published by the ALJB. He is also a member of the Advisory Board of the Luxembourg-China Chamber of Commerce “ChinaLux”. Furthermore, Nicki is a member of the CSSF’s Capital Markets Committee and sits on several other industry committees in the financial sector. Nicki is a member of the board of the new Luxembourg Capital Markets Association (LuxCMA).
Country of Admission: Luxembourg
Education
Nicki studied for a degree in law at the University of Luxembourg and has Masters degrees from both the University of Paris and Cambridge University.
Lawyer Rankings
Luxembourg > Banking, finance and capital markets
(Leading partners)Leveraging ‘excellent industry knowledge’ across the banking and capital markets landscape, as well as being abreast of relevant market trends, Linklaters ‘delivers top quality work’ to a myriad stakeholders engaged in new money and refinancing work. Much of this is cross-border, with the firm collaborating ‘extremely well with other offices’ throughout the network to provide a compelling service on many high-profile transactions. The tone is set by ‘exceptional’ team head Melinda Perera, who ‘has all the technical skills necessary to execute complex financings’ throughout the capital structure, with recent work encompassing cross-border restructurings, real estate finance and supranational debt capital markets transactions. The ‘excellent’ Patrick Geortay is also a key member of the team and is particularly active advising on leveraged and asset finance transactions. On the regulatory front, Eliane Dejardin Botelho excels at providing ‘tailor made and out of the box solutions’ to clients both on standalone matters, as well as in the context of financial services M&A. Nicki Kayser also maintains a vibrant transactional practice, including on fund financings, DCM and structured financings, work which he combines with his duties as managing partner.
Lawyer Rankings
- Banking, finance and capital markets Luxembourg
- Leading partners Luxembourg > Banking, finance and capital markets
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Banking, finance and capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Investment funds
- Private equity
- Real estate and construction