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Catriona ’Kitty’ Lloyd
Position
Partner
Career
Kitty is a partner in Dentons’ Capital Markets practice. She advises trustees, security agents, custodians, cash managers, collateral administrators, account banks and other agency providers on a wide range of capital markets products, including listed Eurobonds, private placements, EMTN and CP programs, equity-linked issues, regulatory capital and hybrid capital issues, high-yield bonds, loan participation notes, covered bonds and project bonds, Islamic finance and structured products, such as RMBS, CMBS, CLOs and repackaging transactions. She also advises security agents and facility agents on secured and unsecured bank financings.
Kitty regularly advises trustees and other agency providers on a wide range of “post-issue” matters, such as liability management transactions, potential and actual defaults, consent solicitations, exercises of trustee discretion and restructurings.
Prior and present experience:
- Partner – Dentons (2017 – present)
- Counsel – Linklaters, Capital Markets practice (2005 – 2017)
- Managing Associate – Linklaters (1999 – 2005), including a nine-month secondment to the Investment Banking Division of Morgan Stanley
- Solicitor – Linklaters (1994 – 2005)
- Associate – Linklaters (1994 – 1999)
- Trainee Solicitor – Linklaters (1992 – 1994), including a secondment to the Hong Kong office
Lawyer Rankings
London > Finance > Securitisation
At Dentons, ‘the efficiency and communication are impressive‘. The firm is known for handling high-value public securitisations, private securitisations, forward flow arrangements, trade receivables, corporate loan and trade finance securitisations, and auto loan securitisations, and is highly regarded for its mortgage loan expertise. Peter Voisey stands out for ‘his availability to discuss issues at any time of the day and for his incredible calmness and ability to direct client conversation‘. Voisey is co-head of the practice with Edward Hickman, who ‘provides excellent service‘. The ‘exceptionally thorough‘ Catriona ’Kitty’ Lloyd is a key adviser on corporate trust matters. Voisey and Lloyd recently advised the arranger, a global financial institution, on the issuance of £1.2bn in notes by Duncan Funding 2022-1 plc, an RMBS transaction for TSB Bank plc designated as STS under the UK Securitisation Regulation, with Lloyd assisting Citicorp Trustee Company Limited and Citibank, N.A., London Branch in trustee and agency roles. The partners are supported by a strong junior team, which includes senior associate Jimmy Yang and associate Kamraan Akhtar, who both worked with Voisey on a £250m specialist RMBS transaction for Bluestone Mortgages Limited.
London > Finance > Debt capital markets
Dentons has ‘ friendly team that is always available to discuss and problem solve‘, and clients note that the firm provides ‘strong technical ability, and high partner visibility and supervision‘. Practice head David Cohen and standout partner Nick Hayday continue to build the DCM team, notably with the hire of ‘first-rate partner‘ Neil Dixon from Linklaters LLP at the end of 2022. Together, they advise on the full range of DCM products, hence the firm’s promotion in the ranking, though it has particular strength in niches such as sovereign debt, regulatory capital trades, and equity-linked bonds. Hayday, who ‘instils confidence in clients‘, and newly promoted partner Victoria Wyer acted for Republic of Lithuania in the updates of its issuance programme as well as a combined offering of €1.8bn in bonds. Cohen handled an issuer substitution for €300m in outstanding bonds of G City Europe Limited, and advised Haitong Bank on its offering of €230m in floating rate bonds. Cameron Half, who leads the US Securities practice in EMEA, and trustee and agency specialist Catriona ’Kitty’ Lloyd also play pivotal roles in the practice.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Industry focus > Emerging markets
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Franchising
- Industry focus > Hospitality and leisure
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Insurance > Product liability: defendant
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Lower Mid-Market Deals, £100m-£750m
- Transport > Rail
- Industry focus > Retail and consumer
Firm Rankings
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Risk advisory > Corporate governance
- Finance > Debt capital markets
- Finance > Derivatives and structured products
- Real estate > Environment
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: Project finance and development
- Finance > Islamic finance
- Investment fund formation and management > Listed funds
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > PATMA: Patent attorneys
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Power (including electricity, nuclear and renewables)
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £250m)
- Finance > Securitisation
- Finance > Trade finance
- Finance > Transport finance and leasing
- Finance > Asset based lending
- Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – mid-large cap
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition: trade, WTO anti-dumping and customs
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Franchising
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: M&A and acquisition financing
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Employment > Pensions: dispute resolution
- Real estate > Planning
- Real estate > Property finance
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Industry focus > TMT
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Employment > Employers
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- Employment > Health and safety
- Employment > Immigration
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: patents (contentious and non-contentious)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > PATMA: Trade mark attorneys
- Public sector > Administrative and public law
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport