Priya Taneja > McDermott Will & Emery UK LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile

McDermott Will & Emery UK LLP has a small high yield practice that calls upon debt capital markets generalists Ranajoy Basu, who heads the team, and Priya Taneja, who ‘provides specific thoughtful advice‘. The firm occasionally acts for issuers and arrangers, but the majority of its work on high yield products is for corporate trustees and agents. Philip Corser, who is a key adviser on securities regulations and corporate reorganisations, provides vital support to the two main partners.

McDermott Will & Emery UK LLP is particularly active on the trustee side, though it also has a broad issuer and underwriter practice. Head of structured finance and capital markets Ranajoy Basu, who also leads the firm’s India desk, ‘easily understands and interprets challenging information‘. Siddhartha Sivaramakrishnan, who works in both London and Singapore, acts for APAC and EMEA investment bank underwriters, issuers, and vendors in capital markets transactions. Newly promoted Priya Taneja has ‘great knowledge of the industry, and makes things easy and clear to understand‘. ESG and social impact financings are also the firm’s forte.

McDermott Will & Emery UK LLP assists clients ranging from start-up companies to significant intergovernmental bodies and NGOs with work including impact financings and transactional, litigation and regulatory matters in the field of ESG. Regulatory partner Raminta Dereskeviciute co-heads the team and is a recognised authority in EU and UK chemical legislation (REACH), metals and mining policies. Ranajoy Basu excels in emerging markets work and frequently leads on social and development impact bonds and green structured finance transactions. Impact finance specialists Siddhartha Sivaramakrishnan and Priya Taneja are further names to note.

McDermott Will & Emery UK LLP is active in the full spectrum of finance transactions, notably structured finance, complex securitisations, debt capital markets and high yield issuance, though it also handles litigation, arbitration, sanctions, and ESG-related work in emerging markets. Lead partner Ranajoy Basu and Priya Taneja focus on capital markets, particularly in India. Litigator Andrew Savage and arbitrator Michael Darowski are key names. Corporate partner Elisabeth Moseley recently played a pivotal role in the acquisition of interests in oil and gas blocks in Angola on behalf of an Africa-focused oil and gas development, production and exploration company. Shah Jahan Khandokar is noted for his wide-ranging energy sector acumen, advising on major renewable projects across a number of markets.