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Oliver Edwards

Oliver Edwards

Work Department

Banking, Corporate and Structured Lending

Position

Oliver has particular expertise in margin lending and structured facilities and has worked on complex margin loans for many different financial institutions, as well as advising several banks on liquidity financings to other financial institutions.

Oliver spent time on secondment working in the legal departments of two leading global financial institutions (Barclays in 2005 and J.P. Morgan in 2010), that provided him with invaluable experience of their internal operations and a deep understanding of their requirements of external lawyers.

In addition to his practice role, Oliver is also Linklaters’ UK Diversity Partner.

Career

Trainee solicitor Linklaters, London 2000-02; associate Linklaters, London 2002-07; managing associate Linklaters, London 2007-11; partner Linklaters, London 2011 to date. In addition, Oliver has been on secondment to the following banks: Barclays Capital January – December 2005; J.P. Morgan October 2010 – February 2011.

Education

Oliver studied law at Bristol University and achieved his LPC (distinction) at the College of Law, Oxford

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