Guy O'Keefe > Slaughter and May > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Slaughter and May Offices
ONE BUNHILL ROW
LONDON
EC1Y 8YY
England
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Guy O'Keefe
Work Department
Financing
Capital Markets
Infrastructure and Energy
Regulatory Capital
Restructuring and Insolvency
Securitisation
Debt Capital Markets
Corporate and investment grade lending
Position
Partner; Guy has a wide ranging practice which covers banking, capital markets and structured finance. He advises financial institutions, funds and governments on investments in and fund raisings of financial institutions, including restructurings and asset sales.
Guy regularly acts for a number of UK and international companies, including Drax Group, Euroclear, Banco Santander, Santander UK, Legal & General, Prudential, United Utilities, GlaxoSmithKline, UK Asset Resolution, M&G and Direct Line.
Career
Joined firm 1998. Partner since 2007.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Finance > Securitisation
(Leading individuals)The finance practice at Slaughter and May is ‘extremely thorough and knowledgeable, and it almost anticipates the client’s needs, so the engagement process is seamless and efficient‘. Clients remark that ‘transactions are led by the partner, and the firm has a very good understanding of our risk threshold and objectives‘. Richard Jones now leads the practice, bringing to bear his experience in credit card, store card, point-of-sale, personal loan, auto loan and mortgage receivables transactions. He worked with associate Xian Wei Yeo to assist NewDay Cards on the issuance of €285m in notes under its master issuer asset-backed notes programme. Versatile finance partners Oliver Wicker, who acted for Lendco Limited as originator of a £384m RMBS, and Guy O’Keefe are central to the practice. Caroline Phillips has a strong track record in trade receivable securitisations.
London > Finance > Debt capital markets
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‘.
London > Finance > Derivatives and structured products
Slaughter and May has ‘very broad experience of transactions in the market giving the ability to advise on latest developments‘. Oliver Wicker and Guy O’Keefe are the key partners in the derivatives and structured products work, and client praise their ‘commercial and pragmatic approach with the ability to focus on and resolve key issues quickly‘. The firm is a key adviser to high-profile corporate treasury clients on regulatory activities and derivatives matters. Ed Fife advises corporates, governmental entities and financial institutions, among them the Central Bank of Egypt and TreasurySpring Management, on secured lending and derivatives transactions, while Richard Jones (who has ‘a good business understanding and is good at driving processes forward‘) handles derivative and servicing arrangements relating to securitisations.
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Lawyer Rankings
- Leading individuals London > Finance > Securitisation
- Debt capital markets London > Finance
- Derivatives and structured products London > Finance
- Securitisation London > Finance
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Dispute resolution > Competition litigation
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Employment > Employee share schemes
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: M&A and acquisition financing
- Insurance > Insurance: corporate and regulatory
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Upper Mid-Market And Premium Deals, £750m+
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- Dispute resolution > Tax litigation and investigations
Firm Rankings
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Finance > Debt capital markets
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – mid-large cap
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: Project finance and development
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- Employment > Pensions: dispute resolution
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Power (including electricity, nuclear and renewables)
- Industry focus > TMT
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Finance > Derivatives and structured products
- Employment > Employers
- Real estate > Environment
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Industry focus > Life sciences and healthcare
- Investment fund formation and management > Listed funds
- Finance > Securitisation
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Finance > Acquisition finance
- Insurance > Insurance and reinsurance litigation
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Real estate > Property finance
- Industry focus > Retail and consumer
- Real estate > Planning
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions – high-value deals (£250m+)