Charles Russell Speechlys LLP

Financial services, real estate and construction; corporate, financial services and funds.

Nick specialises in corporate work, particularly in the financial services, insurance and funds world. He advises insurers, asset managers, wealth managers and investment companies on all aspects of their business, from set-up, flotations, mergers and acquisitions and joint ventures to governance issues. Experience: advised on numerous business transfer schemes for insurers, including the Scottish Life demutualisation, and for brokers on policy reviews and regulatory advice; advised on acquisitions, disposals (including the disposal of Heartwood Wealth to Handelsbanken), start-ups and governance issues and is particularly experienced in dealing with LLP structures; advised on a number of investment trust share issues, on AIFMD implementation and on real estate and private equity fund formations, and led the team advising the government of Brunei on the drafting of its offshore financial centre legislation.