Fieldfisher‘s London structured finance team provides ’timely, accurate and practical solutions to challenges’ and clients note that it is ‘highly responsive and easy to work with’. Practice head Guy Usher oversees a diverse practice where the work encompasses everything from Alex Campbell’s handling of a major GBP and USD LIBOR remediation project involving 30 legacy public securitisations, to Peter Knust‘s specialist advice to corporate trust and corporate service provider clients. Marsili Hale is ’an expert with deep industry knowledge and market-leading technical skills’. Stephen Moller has completed more than £1bn of transactions structured finance and securitisation transactions over the last two years, including a £100m deal for a UK pension provider, while Sebastian Reger focuses on clients in the pensions, credit funds and fintech sectors.
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Testimonials
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‘Local expertise, responsiveness, valuable guidance, fees transparency.’
‘Communication, high quality services.’
- 'Marsili Hale - an expert with deep industry knowledge, very high levels of responsiveness, market leading technical skills and a genuine desire to support the growth of our business through introductions etc.'
- 'The team combines excellent legal knowledge of loan and servicing documentation with a practical understanding of how loans operate and servicing works, enabling timely, accurate and practical solutions to challenges. They are highly responsive and easy to work with. They have confidence in the service they deliver, so do not burn time (and cost) scoring points in negotiation. They deliver cost effective service and seek to align fee structures to value to our business.'
Key clients
- PF Capital Finance Limited
- CSC Group/ Intertrust Group
- BCMGlobal Mortgage Services Limited
- RSM LLP
- Apex Group
- Vistra
- Law Debenture Trust Corporation
- Ogier Global (UK) Limited
- Market Financial Solutions Limited
- Aros Kapital Limited
- Jefferies International Limited
- Société Generale
Work highlights
Advised Invesco on the base prospectus and listing of its Digital Markets bitcoin-backed exchange traded certificates.
Advised Apex Group on successful £5bn LIBOR restructurings of 9 tough legacy securitisations.
Advised BCMGlobal ASI Limited and Everyday Finance DAC on the securitisation of an Irish re-performing loan portfolio.
Lawyers
Leading partners
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Practice head
Guy Usher
Other key lawyers
Alex Campbell; Marsili Hale; Peter Knust; Stephen Moller; Sebastian Reger