Charlie McGarel-Groves > Slaughter and May > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Slaughter and May has ‘a strong team that has a good knowledge of the market‘. The firm is a market-leading adviser to issuer clients, particularly those listed in the UK, on debt issuance. Indeed, over the last three years the firm has acted for more FTSE250 issuer clients than any other firm. Its clients come from a vast range of sectors, and among them are pharma giant, GlaxoSmithKline, energy companies Drax and Norsk Hydro, and charity International Finance Facility for Immunisation (IFFIm). Newly appointed practice head Caroline Phillips has a strong financial institution issuer client base. She acted for Standard Chartered Plc on the update of its $77.5bn debt issuance programme. Matthew Tobin frequently assists Westpac Banking Corporation and its New Zealand-incorporated subsidiary, Westpac New Zealand Limited with DCM transactions. He also worked with key partners Edward Fife and Kevin Howes on IFFIm’s £250m debt offering. Guy O’Keefe handled the update of Euroclear Bank’s €20bn certificate of deposit programme. Robert Byk is ‘a great negotiator‘ and emerging partner talent Charlie McGarel-Groves is ‘very competent, knows the markets well and is pleasant to work with‘.