Sidley Austin LLP
At Sidley Austin LLP, ‘the service provided is excellent, extremely responsive and proactive’. ‘A crucial factor is their ability to handle complex and sophisticated matters, their pragmatic approach to getting the job done, and commercial awareness’, says a client of the practice led by structured products partner Rupert Wall. He recently acted for Bank of America in two separate structured financings involving underlying middle market/direct-lending loans held within two separate and complicated fund structures. The deals had a cumulative value in excess of £1bn. Senior counsel Nick Brittain is a recognised derivatives specialist and senior associate Netanya Clixby is a key adviser to both buy-side and sell-side clients on derivatives and trading documentation.
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'We predominantly work with Rupert Wall and Ellina Zinatullina at Sidley on our structured products. The service provided is excellent, extremely responsive and proactive, leading with the way on our behalf with our counterparty's counsel. A crucial factor is their ability to handle complex and sophisticated matters, their pragmatic approach to getting the job done, and commercial awareness, singles them out as a top-tier firm in this space.'
'We have worked with Netanya Clixby to execute a series of ISDAs and master schedules over multiple rounds of financing and I have her to be professional, well versed in the substance and technical details, and very responsive. Netanya was quite adept at working with multiple parties on a tight timeline to execute the necessary documents required.'
Key clients
- Bank of America
- Deutsche Bank
- HIG Capital
- Jaja Finance
- Intermediate Capital Group
- Investec Bank PLC
- Zenith
- Permira
- Spire Management / Spire Partners
Work highlights
- Advising Bank of America (“BofA”) on structured products relating to middle market / direct-lending loans managed by a large global asset manager with funds provided by very large global sovereign wealth funds.
- Advised Deutsche Bank as sole transaction and structuring counsel on a series of structured repack transactions involving the issuance of structured notes repackaging long-dated inflation linked CRE leases (so called triple-net leases).
- Advising Spire Partners on all of its fund-related derivatives and repos.
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The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Rupert Wall