Nick May
Herbert Smith Freehills LLPHerbert Smith Freehills LLP predominantly acts for large multinational banks on high-strategic transactions, though it also advises corporates, funds, and insurance companies on structured financing techniques such as margin loans, credit derivative-based pre-payment triggers, collateralisation terms, and credit insurance policies. The team’s sole partner Nick May is ‘an excellent, reliable and practical lawyer who has the unusual craft of being able to make complex concepts seem understandable’. Clients praise his invaluable industry experience. Nick Rutter provides sound support in advising both banks and non-bank buy-side clients on both OTC and exchange-traded derivatives.
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‘Nick May is an excellent, reliable and practical lawyer who has the unusual craft of being able to make complex concepts seem understandable - he is able to share his wealth of industry experience which is invaluable.’
Key clients
- Deutsche Bank
- Morgan Stanley
- Phoenix Group
- Bank of Ireland
- Lloyds
- LendInvest
- Fidelity
- MBK Partners
- Citigroup
- Scotiabank
- Pepper Money
Work highlights
- Advised Deutsche Bank on a €200 million financing to a central European telecoms group.
- Advised Phoenix Group on a landmark collateral optimisation project.
- Advised Deutsche Bank's emerging markets desk on a series of highly structured repo transactions with bank counterparties in the Middle East and Turkey.
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Nick May