Weil, Gotshal & Manges (London) LLP

At Weil, Gotshal & Manges (London) LLP, ‘the team is small but very focused and proactive’. The London office is best known for its work on CLOs, and Jacky Kelly is widely regarded as having ’the perfect balance of skills, experience and credibility’. She leads the structured finance group, in which Andrew Lauder is the standout adviser on derivatives and structured products. His work spans advice on hedging by issuer SPVs, regulatory matters, representing swap counterparties, repos, and TRS funding structures. He is also adept in credit default swaps and synthetic securitisations, frequently handling complex issues relating to credit event trigger analysis, swap payment calculations and the impact on transactions. He recently acted for Astorg Partners on deal-contingent hedging for a take-private transaction.