Slaughter and May‘s practice is recognised for its ’strong business understanding’ and its ability to support both UK and international clients across the full range of DCM products. These include regulatory and hybrid capital, liability management, EMTN programmes and subsequent issuances, US private placements, and sustainability linked bonds. Team head Caroline Phillips is noted for her extensive work with financial institution issuers, advising on both new debt issuances and liability management transactions. Matthew Tobin counsels on a broad range of debt capital markets and financing matters, alongside heading the firm’s Sustainable Finance practice. His work includes advising banks and multinational corporations on green bonds and sustainability linked loans. The ‘technically excellent’ Ed Fife is a name to note in relation to highly structured leveraged lending transactions.
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Testimonials
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‘The team displayed incredible teamship throughout the transaction. The team showed a deep knowledge of our business and its drivers and was therefore able to provide advice that was not only technically excellent, but also contextual. The Slaughters team was proactive, seeing issues before they arose and flagging them, both in terms of the legal issues that would arise, and also broader market dynamics.'
‘The team has a strong business understanding and a great sense of all legal processes.'
Key clients
Schroders plc
International Workplace Group plc (IWG)
Work highlights
Advised Hammerson Plc on the establishment of a new GBP 5 billion EMTN programme, an inaugural GBP 400 million issuance from that programme and an accompanying tender offer for multiple existing series of notes.
Lawyers
Leading partners
The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.
Practice head
Caroline Phillips
Other key lawyers
Matthew Tobin; Guy O'Keefe; Robert Byk; Ed Fife; Richard Jones