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Abigail Hung is an associate in the Tax practice of Paul Hastings and is based in the firm’s London office. She has experience in a broad range of transactions including financing arrangements, M&A, and fund structuring.
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Alex Leitch is Head of the London Complex Litigation practice. Institutional clients and High Net Worth individuals from around the world engage Mr. Leitch because of his proven ability and track record in resolving complex, high-value and strategically important international problems and disputes. An astute, dynamic and results-driven commercial litigator, he focuses on major disputes arising from all significant commercial relationships. He has particular expertise in major disputes for international clients, and regulatory enforcement work for companies in the financial services, technology and life sciences sectors. Mr. Leitch also frequently advises clients on various strategic issues and challenges facing their businesses. He was one of the first and youngest solicitors to qualify as a solicitor advocate, and regularly undertakes advocacy before the English High Court and other Tribunals.
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Anu Balasubramanian is a corporate partner at Paul Hastings. She leads our private equity practice in London and is the vice chair of our global private equity practice. Ms. Balasubramanian's clients include Abry Partners, Oakley Capital, Accel-KKR, Aurium Capital, HIG, and Wipro Limited.
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Arun Birla is the chair of the London office of Paul Hastings and vice-chair of the global Tax Department. Mr. Birla is widely recognised for his expertise in tax and investment funds. He provides tax advice to UK and international clients on a wide range of matters including, M&A, private equity, private and credit funds, structured and asset finance, joint ventures, financing arrangements, mergers, demergers, reorganisations, and restructurings.
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Arun Srivastava is a partner in the London office of Paul Hastings. He provides sound and comprehensive legal advice on regulatory requirements across Europe. Mr. Srivastava spent a year on secondment to the U.K. Financial Services Authority between April 1999 and April 2000. Mr. Srivastava focuses his practice on helping regulated firms comply with evolving regulatory obligations, particularly in relation to innovation in the FinTech space. He has particular expertise in advising clients on the cross-border offering of products and services across the European Union including in relation to the use of national private placement regimes. Mr. Srivastava also advises clients on complex contentious financial services matters including regulatory investigations and disputes.
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Cameron Saylor is a partner in the Structured Credit practice at Paul Hastings and is based in the firm’s London office. Mr. Saylor specializes in structured finance, securitization, asset backed lending and credit funds, with a focus on CLOs. Mr. Saylor advises the leading arrangers and managers on European CLO transactions, having recently advised clients such as Credit Suisse, Blackrock, Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, Pinebridge, Societe Generale, Oak Hill Advisors, Och Ziff, ICG, Alcentra, Bank of America, PGIM, Deutsche Bank, JP Morgan, Citi, Barclays, Natixis, BNPP, Nomura, and Rothschild. Mr. Saylor is an expert regarding European and U.S. risk retention, having advised on complex and novel compliance issues relevant to both U.S. and European CLO and other securitization transactions. He has spoken at various industry conferences and is regularly quoted in the industry press on matters concerning risk retention, Brexit, and other regulatory matters. Prior to joining Paul Hastings, Mr. Saylor spent close to 10 years in the structured finance practice at other leading U.K. firms. He trained and worked as a lawyer in Canada prior to moving to London.
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Charles Roberts is a senior counsel in the Paul Hastings London office. He has represented originators, arrangers, managers and investors in numerous transactions, mostly involving commercial real estate, in both Europe and the United States. Mr. Roberts has been involved in many different aspects of commercial real estate finance, including origination, syndication and securitisation. In addition, he has represented lenders, investors and servicers in connection with workouts and enforcement of debt positions secured over commercial real estate located in the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Czech Republic, Poland, Finland and other jurisdictions in Europe. He has also been involved in representing sellers, investors and servicers in sales of non-performing loans secured by commercial real estate properties.
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Christian Parker is a Structured Credit partner in the London office of Paul Hastings who specializes in structured bond and fund products and generally acting for credit fund managers. His experience encompasses a broad range of credit fund and structured capital markets transactions with particular expertise in structures that meet the requirements of newly evolving EU and U.S. regulatory developments. His expertise has most recently been recognized with two IFLR awards as lead counsel in the last four years.
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David Ereira is a partner in the Restructuring and Finance practice at Paul Hastings and is based in the firm’s London office. Mr. Ereira’s principal areas of practice are Restructuring and Insolvency, Private Equity and Acquisition Finance, and Real Estate Finance. Mr. Ereira was chairman of The Insolvency Service and was awarded an OBE for services to insolvency. Prior to joining Paul Hastings, Mr. Ereira was a partner at Magic Circle firms.
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David Prowse is a partner in the corporate & practice of Paul Hastings and is based in the firm’s London office. He has a broad corporate & practice involving a wide range of corporate transactions including public and private mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and private equity transactions, as well as general corporate and commercial advisory matters.
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Diala Minott is a Structured Credit partner in the London office of Paul Hastings. Mrs. Minott specializes in structured finance transactions, including acting on numerous CLOs and CDOs—both pre- and post-crisis, as well as acting on bespoke hybrid mid-market CLO type funds. Her practice also encompasses debt and credit funds with a particular focus on direct lending, CLO equity and risk retention funds. She covers regulated and unregulated funds, both onshore and offshore, with a particular expertise in Luxembourg funds.
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Duncan Woollard is a partner in the Private Funds practice at Paul Hastings and is based in the firm’s London office. He advises on a wide range of fund related work including in private equity, private debt, real estate, mezzanine, venture, credit, natural resources, infrastructure, funds of funds, distressed and special situations, and activist funds, as well as advising on the structuring of carried interest, co-investment and other incentive schemes, secondary transactions, fund restructurings and spin-outs, and the establishment of new investment management businesses. His clients include Investindustrial, NorthEdge Capital, Pamplona Capital, LaSalle Investment Management, MML Capital Partners, Xenon Private Equity, Innova Capital, Hutton Collins, Omni Capital, Barings Capital, AMC Group, MVM and Innotech Investments.
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Edward Holmes is a partner in the leveraged finance practice of Paul Hastings and is based in the firm's London office. His practice focuses on leveraged loan and capital markets transactions, with an emphasis on representing underwriters and arrangers in high-yield debt offerings, acquisition financing syndicated lending, restructurings and liability management. Mr. Holmes is able to draw from a wide array of experience on a variety of capital structures and instruments, both debt and equity, representing issuer and underwriter clients, as well as private credit investors. Mr. Holmes was named a Next Generation Lawyer by Legal 500 UK for high yield. He is a member of the bar of the State of New York.
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Edward Meadowcroft is an associate in the Real Estate practice of Paul Hastings and is based in the firm's London office. His practice consists of advising on the full spectrum of documentation across the real estate sector, including advising on acquisitions and disposals, restructurings, joint ventures and management agreements. Mr. Meadowcroft has experience in advising both UK and international clients operating across a variety of jurisdictions and regularly works on significant cross border mandates.
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Jason Brooks is a partner in the Structured Credit practice at Paul Hastings and is based in the firm’s London office. He advises leading investment and retail banks as well as other financial institutions and corporates on a wide range of derivatives and structured products. Mr. Brooks specializes in derivative-linked and asset-backed securities and advises on both wholesale and retail structured product offerings linked to a wide range of asset classes including credit, equities, funds, commodities, indices, and rates. Mr. Brooks also advises on repos, securities lending, collateral structures, and netting. He is currently advising clients on the impact of EMIR and other regulations relating to derivatives and structured products.
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Jiten Tank is a Partner in the Tax practice of Paul Hastings and is based in the firm’s London office. He has a broad range of experience which includes providing tax advice in connection with the structuring of financial products and working on transactional matters. His areas of focus include lending, real estate finance, structuring joint venture companies, and sales and acquisitions. His practice is truly international and a significant majority of his work has a cross-border element. He also has experience in indirect (VAT, stamp duty, SDRT) planning, particularly in the context of financial and real estate transactions.
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Joanna Dimmock is a partner in the Investigations and White Collar Defense practice of Paul Hastings and is based in the firm’s London office. Ms. Dimmock has broad experience representing individuals and corporates. She has particular expertise in international corruption, criminal cartels, economic sanctions, extradition, mutual legal assistance, private prosecutions and FCA investigations, and many of these cases have an international component. Ms Dimmock frequently acts in high-profile and sensitive cases against the Serious Fraud Office (SFO), the National Crime Agency, HM Revenue & Customs, the Financial Conduct Authority, the police, and other agencies, both in the UK and overseas.
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Jonathan Pickworth is Head of the London Investigations and White Collar Defense practice. He has more than three decades of experience representing corporates and individuals in investigations by U.K. and international agencies. He also advises firms on internal investigations, due diligence, compliance, and risk in relation to criminal and regulatory matters. Mr. Pickworth’s practice focuses on allegations relating to money laundering, corruption, market misconduct, fraud, tax evasion, and insider trading. He frequently interacts with the Serious Fraud Office, the National Crime Agency, HM Revenue & Customs, the Financial Conduct Authority, the police, and other agencies.
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Kirsty Devine is an associate in the Employment practice at Paul Hastings and is based in the firm's London office. Ms. Devine provides U.K. and international clients with commercially focused, practical advice on a broad range of contentious and non-contentious employment matters, including employment contracts and policies, hiring/firing, restrictive covenants, and the employment aspects of corporate restructurings. Ms. Devine regularly supports clients with complex international employment issues and is focused on helping clients achieve their desired outcome while mitigating any associated legal, financial or reputational risk.
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Konstantin Burkovis an associate in the London office of Paul Hastings. Mr. Burkov advises clients on a broad range of financial services regulatory and compliance matters. Prior to joining Paul Hastings, Mr. Burkov spent seven years at another international firm, during which time he was seconded to the London legal teams of two major U.S. financial institutions.
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Matthew Poxon is a partner in the Corporate practice of Paul Hastings and is based in the firm's London office. Matthew has a broad corporate practice, which covers all aspects of our corporate practice, including international transactions (including private acquisitions and disposals, public takeovers and joint ventures), equity capital markets and general advisory matters.
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Matthew Peters is an associate in the Real Estate practice of Paul Hastings and is based in the firm's London office. His practice focuses on corporate real estate including corporate and investment property acquisitions and disposals, joint ventures, and corporate restructurings and reorganisations. Mr. Peters has experience of advising both U.K. and international clients operating across a variety of jurisdictions and regularly works on significant cross border transactions.
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Dr. Max Kirchner is a partner in the Securities and Capital Markets practice. His practice focuses on the representation of investment banks, private equity sponsors, multinational companies, and investment funds in capital markets, direct lending and leveraged finance transactions. He regularly works on complex high-yield bond offerings, IPOs, restructurings, and acquisition financings by companies around the world across a broad array of industries. Given the depth and breadth of his experience, Dr. Kirchner is consistently recognized in both Chambers and The Legal 500.
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Michael James is a partner in the Real Estate department of the Paul Hastings London office. Mr. James’ practice focuses on corporate real estate transactions. He has experience in several areas including structured acquisitions and disposals, joint ventures, real estate finance, fund investments, and hotel acquisitions and operations. Mr. James has developed a leading reputation in the corporate real estate space and is the “go-to” adviser for a number of major European clients.Mr. James has significant experience based on cross-border structures and transactions involving jurisdictions such as Luxembourg, Spain, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, and Jersey.
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Michael Smith is a Structured Credit partner in the London office of Paul Hastings. Mr. Smith’s practices focuses on structured finance, securitization, capital markets and derivatives.
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Miles Flynn is a partner in the Real Estate Department in the London office of Paul Hastings. He has a broad range of experience covering banking, debt capital markets, and debt restructuring transactions and his practice focuses on the financing, restructuring, and securitization of real estate and real estate debt.
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Mo Nurmohamed is a co-chair of the Global Finance practice at Paul Hastings and is based in the firm’s London office. He has experience across a broad range of issues in banking law, with particular emphasis on matters relating to leverage finance and private equity finance transactions. Mr. Nurmohamed has particular experience in relation to cross-border acquisition and leveraged finance transactions. He was selected by Financial News as one of its 2014 40 Under 40 list of rising stars in the European legal profession. He has also been seconded to both J.P. Morgan’s credit team and Deutsche Bank’s leveraged finance team.
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Nina Moffatt is an associate in the London office of Paul Hastings. Ms. Moffatt focuses her practice on providing legal and commercial advice on regulatory requirements across Europe. Ms. Moffatt’s practice focuses on helping regulated firms comply with evolving regulatory obligations. She has particular expertise in large cross border offerings and product design. She also regularly assists clients with their relations with the U.K. regulators, including applications for authorization and supervisory issues. Ms. Moffatt has spent time on secondment at a U.K. retail and investment bank and a multinational financial services company.
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Paul Severs is a partner in the Finance and Securities and Capital Markets practices at Paul Hastings and is based in the firm’s London office. Mr. Severs has been involved in the European securities market since the early 1990’s. He has more than 25 years’ experience in the structured finance and securitisation markets. Most recently, Mr. Severs has been involved in advising funds establishing, acquiring and growing non-bank loan origination businesses and servicing platforms and acquiring associated loan portfolios. He advises on acquisition finance, growth capital, regulatory capital and compliance requirements. He also advises on asset acquisition and financing structures, warehouse financing and the securitisation and trading of loan assets. Mr. Severs has significant experience advising clients on JV and co‑investment structures and establishing new debt origination funds. He works closely with the Paul Hastings funds group. He has also been actively involved in advising clients purchasing assets, loans and companies from securitisation structures, related tender offers and exchange offers, voting rights in different parts of the capital structure and downgrade related issues. He advises noteholder steering committees and sponsors in the context of restructuring loans and capital markets financing transactions. Mr. Severs has experience in all the main financial asset classes including residential and commercial mortgages, consumer loans, and revolving credits. He has also advised extensively on whole business securitisations including infrastructure and utilities, leisure facilities, and nursing homes. Mr. Severs advises funds, arrangers, originators, trustees, rating agencies, swap counter parties, and entrepreneurs. Geographically, he has worked on transactions throughout Europe, Asia, and Japan. Prior to joining Paul Hastings, Mr. Severs was the head of Structured Debt and Capital Markets at another international law firm.
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Peter Hayes is a Finance partner, based in the Firm’s London office. Peter focuses his practice on bank finance, particularly cross-border acquisition and leveraged finance, including related restructuring work. He represents private equity sponsors, hedge funds, commercial banks, investment banks, direct lenders, and corporate borrowers across the capital structure.
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Rebecca Copcutt is a partner in the Investigations and White Collar Defense practice at Paul Hastings and is based in the firm's London office. Ms. Copcutt focuses on criminal enforcement actions and investigations with a particular interest in cross-border cases involving alleged market misconduct, criminal cartel behavior, money laundering, bribery and corruption. Ms. Copcutt has particular insight into financial crime investigations and enforcement activity brought by the UK authorities, including the Serious Fraud Office and the Financial Conduct Authority. She has experience advising clients on criminal and regulatory enforcement action with a cross-Atlantic dimension, including cases led by the U.S. Department of Justice, the CFTC, the SEC and the OCC. Ms. Copcutt’s practice has included working on matters managed in New York, Washington, D.C., and Boston. She has also spent time on client secondment at a leading investment bank.
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Richard Kitchen's practice focuses on general banking, alternative credit and international acquisition and leveraged finance transactions. Mr. Kitchen has significant experience acting for private equity sponsors, corporate borrowers and creditors on a wide range of debt capital structures in the European mid-cap and large-cap markets. He draws on a wealth of experience including syndicated cov-lite and cov-loose financings, second lien loan financings, super senior revolving credit facility and high yield bond financings, stretched senior and unitranche financings, as well as subordinated instruments including PIK and preferred equity. Mr. Kitchen’s clients include private equity sponsors, investment banks and providers of alternative credit.
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Roger Barron is a partner in the London office of Paul Hastings. Mr. Barron is a specialist in corporate law, including public and private mergers and acquisitions, demergers and reorganisations, and corporate finance. He has a wide range of sector expertise, including energy, utilities, media, and telecoms. Mr. Barron is also a key boardroom adviser to a number of the firm’s FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 clients, offering strategic guidance and counsel on corporate governance.
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Ronan O’Sullivan is one of the Managing Partners of Paul Hastings. Prior to becoming Managing Partner of the Firm, he was Chair of the London Office and Vice Chair of the global Corporate Department. Mr. O'Sullivan focuses his practice on mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance and has considerable experience in private and public takeover work, joint ventures and domestic and cross-border restructurings.
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Ross Anderson is a partner in the Global Finance practice at Paul Hastings and is based in the firm’s London office. He has experience across a broad range of issues in banking law, with particular emphasis on matters relating to leveraged finance, private equity finance, and cross-border acquisition financing transactions.
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Stephen Nicolas is a partner in the corporate Real Estate practice of Paul Hastings and is based in the firm's London office. His practice focuses on corporate real estate, including acquisitions, disposals (direct and indirect), joint ventures, and management agreements (both hotel and general asset). Mr. Nicolas has experience advising both UK-based and international clients operating across a wide variety of jurisdictions (including USA).
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Suzanne Horne is a partner and head of the International Employment practice of Paul Hastings and is based in the firm’s London office. She has a broad-ranging practice covering all aspects of employment law and employment-related matters advising both U.K. and international clients. Ms. Horne provides practical and commercially driven advice on both contentious and non-contentious matters with a focus on business transfers, outsourcings, insolvencies, mergers and acquisitions, private equity, investments, and the application of TUPE (U.K. business transfer legislation). On the international front, Ms. Horne also has extensive experience in cross-border, pan-European, and multinational projects including business reorganization, integrations, redundancies, hiring and firing. She has a special interest in advising employers on employee related data protection and privacy matters and high-level litigation.
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Victoria Morton is a partner in the London office of Paul Hastings. Ms. Morton advises clients such as sponsors, issuers, servicers and rating agencies on a range of finance transactions, including RMBS and large loan portfolio acquisitions. Prior to joining Paul Hastings, Ms. Morton worked at another international firm, during which time she spent six months seconded in Singapore.