Walkers maintains a broad approach to capital markets work, tackling both equity and debt transactions, and is adept at overseeing both the issuance and refinancing of CLOs. Heading the team is Nigel Weston, a DCM specialist who handles debt listings on TISE and is also the firm’s CLO specialist. Julia Keppe is also highly experienced in CLO transactions, overseeing them from the warehouse stage through to issuance, while Dilmun Leach handles listings on the NYSE and NASDAQ. James Lydeard, who joined the firm from Ogier in September 2024, handles a variety of structured finance transactions.
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Testimonials
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- 'This team is incredibly responsive, and knowledgeable in the areas of debt listings and ongoing compliance activities for TISE.'
- 'Nigel Weston is a great leader of the team, always responsive and available (even during his holidays when it was urgent!) and has built a great team below him.'
- 'Julia Keppe was excellent. Our transaction had lots of stakeholders, she managed this well. She did not over-complicate or structure in extra work. Ultimately, the structure can work fairly autonomously now, without the need for additional legal hours, which is appreciated.'
Key clients
- Babylon Holdings Limited
- Backed Finance AG
- Bank Frick
- Inclusive Finance Growth Limited
Work highlights
Advised Babylon Holdings Limited on capital raises, debt financing and bond issues worth over $380m.
Advised Bank Frick on the launch of a white-labelled structured notes and certificates platform that enables the bank to support third-party investment managers to form a protected cell to follow the investment manager’s strategy and issue actively managed certificates to professional investors.
Acted as listing sponsor for Inclusive Finance Growth Limited in relation to the issuance of £75m of bonds on TISE.
Practice head
Nigel Weston
Other key lawyers
Julia Keppe; Dilmun Leach; James Lydeard