Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP has ‘a great team that ensures consistency of excellent output within challenging timeframes’, with one client praising the department for its ’unprecedented market insights’. The firm has extensive knowledge of forward-funding transactions, particularly deals providing funding to the UK and European lifetime mortgage market. Practice co-head Alex Mehdevy, who ‘knows the market and provides pragmatic advice’, leads this work.
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Testimonials
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- ‘Alexander Mehdevy who heads up the team really understands what his team need to deliver in accordance with timeframes and budget. He is incisive and with immense experience in his field he provides strategic structuring advice as well as understanding the commercial view. He also understands the capabilities of his team and is therefore adept at ensuring the right level of expertise is undertaken by that person with him taking a more supervisory role.'
- ‘A great team that communicates and ensures continuity and coverage over long term projects/contracts to ensure consistency of excellent output within challenging timeframes. Excellent proactive support and provides exactly the right level of support to the in-house function bolstered by an ability to also communicate with the business and understand the commercial nature of the transactions and the practice area. The team really makes it integrated into the business to ensure it is a collaborative effort.’
Key clients
- Senior Capital Solutions
- Royal London Mutual Insurance Society Limited
Work highlights
Retained by Senior Capital Solutions to advise on Project Guardian involving the purchase and servicing of an £800+ million portfolio of equity release portfolio from Aviva together with providing due diligence and advising our client as introducer and initial acquirer into the back-to-back securitisation sponsored by Waterfall Asset Management with Lifetime Mortgage Funding 1 as issuer.
Practice head
Alex Mehdevy
Other key lawyers
Max Morrison