Norton Rose Fulbright has ‘excellent in-depth knowledge of structured products and derivatives’ and is praised as ‘highly commercial and pragmatic’. The firm is known for its advice on structured total return swap and repo financing, emerging markets transactions, Islamic derivatives practice, and securitisation hedging. Its structured products work also encompasses large repack programmes for global banks, as well as the issuance of structured notes. Nigel Dickinson, 'one of the best practitioners in the field', and Yusuf Battiwala co-lead the practice, which benefits from the extensive knowledge of global head of financial services and regulation Jonathan Herbst. Also playing pivotal roles in the practice are market infrastructure, derivatives, and fintech specialist Hannah Meakin, covered bond and structured finance expert David Shearer, and key adviser to Canadian issuers Peter Noble.
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‘Excellent in-depth knowledge of structured products and derivatives. Their advice is always highly commercial and pragmatic. ’
‘Nigel has exceptional knowledge of the practice area. He is pragmatic, solution-focused and one of the best practitioners in the field.’
Key clients
- JPMorgan
- Bank of America Merrill Lynch
- Goldman Sachs International
- First Abu Dhabi Bank
- Citi
- HSBC Bank plc
- Deutsche Bank
- Standard Chartered
- Bank of Ireland
- Natixis
- Barclays Bank plc
- Natwest Markets
- British Business Bank
- CME Group
Work highlights
- Advised the sponsors in relation to the hedging of the complex £2bn Moray West offshore wind farm project-financing.
- Advised JPMorgan on the provision of perfect asset swaps to Sona Fios CLO I Designated Activity Company.
- Advised Powen Group, a portfolio company of Brookfield Asset Management, on a pioneering bank-funded securitisation of Spanish solar assets, including the hedging aspects of the transaction.
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Practice head
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Nigel Dickinson, Yusuf Battiwala