Oliver Wicker > Slaughter and May > London, England > Lawyer Profile

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.

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.