Guy O'Keefe > Slaughter and May > London, England > Lawyer Profile

At Slaughter and May, ‘the client ethos is all-pervasive‘. The multi-specialist finance group handles a broad range of work for corporates, though it continues to expand its bank-side business. The ‘technically brilliant‘ Oliver Wicker and Richard Jones lead the group and are highly skilled in derivatives, while standout partners Ed Fife and Guy O’Keefe are key advisers to corporates, governmental entities and financial institutions. ‘Her knowledge and attention to detail is outstanding‘, say clients of Caroline Phillips, whose recent work includes developing a secured commodity trading platform.

Slaughter and May has ‘an incredibly strong team with understanding of not only securitisation, but other relevant areas such as derivatives and corporate finance‘. The firm’s multi-specialist approach sees its key partners handle a wide variety of finance transactions, but practice head Richard Jones and key practitioners Oliver Wicker, Guy O’Keefe and Caroline Phillips are also vastly experienced in public and private deals. Robert Byk also plays a key role in the practice. The firm works with financial institutions, investment funds, insurers, pension funds and sovereign entities, but is best known for its advice to corporate issuers.