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.
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- 'Team is small but very focused and proactive. The team understands well the clients need and provide great services.'
- 'Jacky Kelly is highly experienced and knows how to get deals done constructively. There is no superfluous discussions and she is very efficient and commercial. Perfect balance of skills, experience and credibility.'
Key clients
- Montagu Private Equity
- CVC Capital Partners
- Advent International
- Bain Capital
- Brookfield
- Antin Infrastructure Partners
- Ontario Teachers
- Apollo / Redding Ridge
- M&G
- Guggenheim Partners
- Lloyds
- Santander
Work highlights
Advised hedge counterparties and originators/issuers on numerous swap transactions entered into by structured finance vehicles in relation to securitisations and CLOs.
Provided general derivatives advice for various private equity and corporate clients.
Advised lenders and hedge counterparties on the financing and related hedging arrangements in connection with the acquisition by iCON Infrastructure Partners of Alliance Care.
Practice head
Jacky Kelly
Other key lawyers
Andrew Lauder