England - London • Corporate and commercial
Charles Russell Speechlys LLP
Charles Russell Speechlys LLP has a ‘huge depth of expertise’ advising on matters concerning private banking, wealth management and private funds, in addition to crypto assets, equity capital markets and broking, trading and markets mandates. William Garner leads the team and advises on the establishment, operation and regulation of trading platforms, including MFTs and OFTS, as well as proprietary trading across all asset classes. Other key contacts in the group include Victoria Younghusband and Charlie Ring.
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Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
‘Outstanding range of financial institutions form part of CRS's client base, which has given the FS practice a huge depth of expertise.’
‘William Garner is a rainmaker par excellence.’
‘I was very impressed by Charlie Ring's depth of knowledge and experience, which came across very clearly. He was able to distil everything down to the key issues, explaining concisely where the other side was coming from and what actually mattered.’
Key clients
- EFG Private Bank
- FairXchange Limited
- FIL Investment Services (UK) Limited
- Coinbase
- C Hoare & Co.
- LGT Vestra
- LiquidNet
- Lanistar
- Credit Suisse
- Waverton Investment Management
Work highlights
- Advised the managers of Sepura Limited on Sepura’s sale to London-based private equity group Epiris in July 2022.
- Acting for London and Capital Limited (L&C) on a sale of a majority of its shares to private equity firm Lovell Minnick Partners (LMP).
- Advised the shareholders of Metis Wealth Limited and Metis Asset Management Limited on the sale of those companies to Hurst Point Group (which is supported by funds managed by The Carlyle Group).
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
William Garner