At Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP, Michaela Arter leads a team that acts for investment funds, insurers, corporates, and pension schemes on derivatives used both to support investment performance and to hedge risk. Product design, structuring, and implementation for financial services clients form a key part of Richard Batchelor’s practice, which is particularly centred on private funds investing in private equity, private debt, and energy (including renewables). Noted for her focus on unauthorised funds and joint ventures, Stefanie Sahla-Jones advises on fund structures in both onshore and offshore contexts.
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Key clients
- JB Drax Honoré
- London CIV
- Citibank
- Octopus Energy
- Next Plc
- Rathbones Asset Management Limited
- Sainsbury’s Pension Scheme
- The People’s Pension Scheme
- Pepco Group N.V.
- LV=
Work highlights
Advising Drax on establishing a disintermediated repo lending programme where money market funds and issuers of commercial paper will be able to enter into repo transactions directly with counterparties such as pension schemes without needing to transact with banks.
Advised Pepco Group N.V., a pan-European variety discount retailer, on the successful execution of €770 million in new term and revolving credit facilities and associated hedging arrangements.
Advised Doha Bank on the treatment of evergreen repo transactions for regulatory capital purposes in Qatar.
Practice head
Michaela Arter
Other key lawyers
Richard Batchelor; Stefanie Sahla-Jones