Siddhartha Sivaramakrishnan > McDermott Will & Emery UK LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile

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.