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Alston & Bird LLP Offices
6th Floor, 3 Noble Street
London, EC2V 7EE
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Alston & Bird LLP > The Legal 500 Rankings
Finance > Debt capital markets Tier 4
Alston & Bird LLP has a market-leading corporate trust and agency practice in the US, which has an outpost in London thanks to the experienced James Fisher, whose 'range of experience, knowledge and intellect stand him out from the crowd'. Providing both US and English law capability in London, the firm now plays a key role in cross-border and domestic transactions, including 144A/Reg S notes offerings, liability management, MTN programs, sovereign bonds, and investment grade offerings.Other key lawyers:
Testimonials
‘They build excellent relationships while providing completely sound and sensible advice.’
‘James Fisher is a real pleasure to work with and is a very good lawyer. His range of experience, knowledge and intellect stand him out from the crowd.’
‘Dedicated and value for money.’
‘Dedicated and always on point.’
‘The lawyers work extremely long hours to get the job done on very complex documents. They have a mixture of English law and New York law qualified lawyers on both sides of the Atlantic, which is very beneficial for multi-jurisdictional deals.’
‘Extremely resilient working under tremendous time pressure and complex documents. Very responsive, and quick turnaround.’
Key clients
BNY Mellon
CSC Trustees Limited
Ocorian
US Bank
Apex Group
Intertrust
GLAS
Elavon
Wilmington Trust
Citi
IQEQ
Law Debenture
TMF Group
Kroll
Amicorp
Finance > Derivatives and structured products Tier 4
The ‘very commercial and business-oriented‘ practice at Alston & Bird LLP has built a presence in London for structured and warehouse finance transactions, acting principally for corporate trust, agency and service provider clients. The group’s recent work spans numerous asset classes, among them auto loans, carbon credit financings, consumer credit, electric vehicle financings, and trade receivables. London partner James Fisher works closely with the firm’s US offices to handle complex matters for bank trustees and, increasingly, non-bank service providers.Other key lawyers:
Testimonials
‘Very commercial and business-oriented. Great at keeping clients up to date.’
Key clients
BNY Mellon
CSC Trustees Limited
Ocorian
US Bank
Apex Group
Intertrust
GLAS
Elavon
Wilmington Trust
Citi
IQEQ
Law Debenture
TMF Group
Silverback Finance DAC
Work highlights
Real estate > Property finance Tier 5
‘Knowledgeable, approachable at all times and easy to work with‘, Andrew Petersen leads the structured and warehouse finance team at the Alston & Bird LLP London office. With over twenty years of structured finance experience, Petersen specialises in private equity and private debt-driven finance transactions. In May 2023, both James Kousoulas and James Litwinovich joined the firm from Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner.Practice head(s):
Andrew Petersen
Other key lawyers:
Testimonials
‘The team, at both partner and associate level, are dedicated and committed to offer us the best advice for our transactions. They also assist with ad hoc questions without charging for their time in order to help us with non-deal related matters.’
‘Knowledgeable, approachable at all times and easy to work with.’
Key clients
GWM Asset Management
BlackRock
CBRE Indirect Investments
Trimont Real Estate Advisors
Oxane Partners
Situs
CBRE Loan Services
Mount Street
Work highlights
TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech: corporate and commercial Tier 5
Payments M&A deals, multijurisdictional commercial contracts (such as merchant agreements), bank processing agreements and loyalty card agreements are core pillars of the practice at Alston & Bird LLP. Key names to note include Richard Willis and Robert Ardern, both of whom are key contacts for corporate transactions. Jonathan Garforth, who joined from Dentons in January 2024, and Gupinder Assi lead on a range of commercial work in the payments space.Practice head(s):
Richard Willis; Jonathan Garforth; Gupinder Assi
Other key lawyers:
Robert Ardern; Lydia Rachianioti
Key clients
Global Payments
Euronet Worldwide, Inc. including epay
U.S. Bank, including Elavon
Paymentus
TreviPay
Nestfuel Limited
ProjectPay Limited
Aventus Network Services Limited
Crucible Networks Limited
Corvia Payments
Work highlights
- Advised Global Payments in its payments joint venture with Commerzbank, which involves a jointly owned and operated entity to be licensed as a payment institution by the BaFin (German financial regulator).
- Advised Crucible Networks on its commercial collaboration with Futureverse and its funding round with Born Ready Ventures.
- Advised U.S. Bank / Elavon in its six (6) year and exclusive payment processing alliance relationship with BMO Canada and its US affiliate, BMO Bank, following the acquisition by BMO Bank of Elavon’s long-time payment processing partner, Bank of the West.
Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency Tier 8
Appreciated for its ability to think outside the box, the small team at Alston & Bird LLP has quickly gained a strong reputation in the market among stakeholders for its ‘solutions-oriented approach’ since the firm established its London restructuring offering four years ago. Team head Phillip Taylor ‘has been there and done it’ during his long career and excels at handling cross-border mandates for funds, office holders and companies, where he draws upon contentious and non-contentious smarts. Anna Nolan acts for corporate trustees in multi-jurisdictional matters as well as advising on the company side of mandates.Practice head(s):
Phillip Taylor
Other key lawyers:
Anna Nolan; Luke Hiller-Addis
Testimonials
‘They are excellent at thinking outside the box in order to overcome various obstacles and provide a solutions-oriented approach.’
‘Phillip Taylor has been there and done it on all large international insolvencies and has a thorough understanding of the issues that may arise.’
Key clients
Deutsche Bank
Qredo Limited
Alvarez & Marsal Europe LLP
Ian James Corfield and Philip David Reynolds (FRP) as joint administrators of Qredo Ltd
GLAS Trustees Ltd
Work highlights
- Advised Deutsche Bank on its successful outcome in the ECAPS 2 application brought by the administrators of Lehman Brothers Holdings plc (in administration).
- Advised Qredo Ltd and its administrators in relation to the administration and sale of its digital assets custody business.
- Advised partners of Alvarez & Marsal as receivers of the assets of Cavendish Square, a complex CDO structure.
Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
Dispute resolution > International arbitration
TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech: regulatory
United States > Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
Alston & Bird LLP > Firm Profile
Established in 1893, Alston & Bird has a long history of serving clients who have cross-border transactional, dispute resolution, and advisory needs.
Our London office is known for local work and is also (along with our Brussels office) an international hub for work in Europe and globally. To best serve our clients, we have lawyers qualified in the UK, EU, and New York resident in our London office. We emphasize active collaboration with our clients and adding value to their businesses, whether their need is local, regional, or global.
We focus on transactional, dispute resolution, and advisory work across the full range of industries and sectors. From our London office we serve multinational corporates, financial institutions, private equity, hedge funds, and corporate trustees globally, along with other enterprises ranging from startups, newly established and growing investment vehicles, fintechs, and family-owned and local businesses that may not plan to transact beyond the UK or Europe.
When necessary, we supplement our focused Alston & Bird team with our established global network of relationships of firms and lawyers that have the specialties for any matter needed in any other jurisdiction. In discussion with our clients, we are able to select the best supporting resource for the matter in question.
Main Contacts
| Department | Name | Telephone | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antitrust/Competition | James Ashe-Taylor | [email protected] | |
| Corporate & Private Equity | Stuart Harray | [email protected] | |
| Structured Finance and Corporate Trust | James Fisher | [email protected] | |
| Debt Capital Markets & High Yield | Tamer Bahgat | [email protected] | |
| Dispute Resolution | Alex Shattock | [email protected] | |
| Finance | Andrew Petersen | [email protected] | |
| Financial Restructuring | Phil Taylor | [email protected] | |
| Investment Funds | Saloni Joshi | [email protected] | |
| Partner In Charge; Payment Systems & FinTech | Rich Willis | [email protected] | |
| Leveraged Finance | Paul Simcock | [email protected] | |
| Privacy and Data Protection | Wim Nauwelaerts | [email protected] |
