Profile
Position
Edward Hickman is a leading structured finance partner, with expertise in all types of securitisation (ABS, CMBS, CDOs and WBS), loan portfolio sales, project bonds, structured utility bonds, covered bonds, commercial real estate, multi-source intercreditor arrangements, derivatives and regulatory capital. Edward has worked on European, US, GCC and Asian transactions, acting for arrangers, originators, investors and rating agencies. Several of his transactions are pathfinder deals, being the first in a particular jurisdiction or the first for a particular asset class.
During the financial crisis, Edward has advised on a number of divestments by banks as they deleverage, either on the sell side or the buy side. He has also been the lead partner on successful new debt issuances and refinancings, both in the capital markets and in the bank market, helping banks and corporate borrowers access new funding solutions. He has also advised corporates on how to use structured finance principles to help reduce their pension scheme deficits.
Career
Partner Linklaters 2005-12; partner Dentons (formerly SNR Denton) 2012-present.
Memberships
Education
Magdalen College, University of Oxford (BA (jurisprudence) 1990).
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Testimonials
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‘Dentons debt and derivatives finance team have supported my firm as we completed two material infrastructure debt and derivatives portfolio sales. The underlying deals were legacy deals with a multitude of documentation and collateral flaws. Dentons went to great lengths to uncover the flaws, rectify the majority and most importantly, help my firm market and trade the deals despite the flaws which could not be rectified. Denton's, in my view, displayed tenacity, ingenuity and commercial nous balanced with solid legal support.’
‘Edward Hickman personified the Dentons approach to the transactions; tenacious, creative, commercially aware balanced with solid legal support all delivered with impeccable politeness.’
‘The Dentons securitisation team is highly professional. They are able to deal with complicated structures that cover multiple jurisdictions (ie, UK, Italy) with complex set up (ie, securitization SPVs). They have a depth of team: during the time that we worked together, one of the junior lawyer left the firm but the team filled the spot with a back up and ensured a smooth transition without slowing down the transaction.’
‘UK Team: Edward Hickman and Stjepan Klinar - they know their area of expertise very well and are able to give timely and professional advice to get the deal done.’
'Strong senior team with market recognised profile and significant technical expertise.' 'Kitty Lloyd and Jill Barraclough-Morrow are both excellent and highly dependable. They can be relied on to give strong, commercially minded advice and to push points forward on our behalf.'
Key clients
- Coventry Building Society Principality Building Society Shawbrook Bank BNP Paribas Perenna Bank Pepper Money HSBC Bank GB Bank Birmingham Bank Atom Bank plc Deutsche Bank Co-operative Bank Bluestone Mortgages Banco Santander DBRS April Mortgages National Counties Building Society US Bank