White & Case LLP is 'technically excellent, and always provides timely and commercial advice'. One clients praises the group's 'constant commitment to providing maximum possible value and exhaustive attention to detail'. The firm handles the full suite of derivatives work, encompassing interest rate, credit, equity, currency and commodity derivatives, regulatory capital transactions, repurchase agreements, securities lending, synthetic investments and Islamic derivatives. The practice led by Ingrid York, who is 'calm and incisive, and has an encyclopaedic knowledge of derivatives', also excels in repackaging and structured note transactions. York and regulatory partner Jonathan Rogers advised the Liquidity and Sustainability Facility Designated Activity Company (LSF) on its inaugural $100m repo transaction with Afreximbank and Citi to provide liquidity to African sovereign Eurobonds. York is supported by a strong partner group and a growing team of associates. Anthony Colegrave is dual-qualified in England & Wales and South Africa, and focuses primarily on equity derivatives and hedging solutions. Debashis Dey advises banks, corporates and governments on structured finance and Tom Falkus has a broad practice that includes secured loan transactions. Associate Phillan Amin is highly recommended for OTC derivatives, structured finance, repurchase transactions, and hedging issues.

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Testimonials

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‘I have found the team to be incredibly proactive and knowledgeable, both in terms of the core legal and commercial issues at play.’
‘Ingrid York is an excellent lawyer, who has an encyclopaedic knowledge of derivatives. She is calm and incisive and we enjoy working with her.’
‘Go-to firm. Technically excellent. Always provides timely and commercial advice.’
‘Ingrid York: Work product always excellent. Exceptional product knowledge. Very user-friendly. Highly rated by business clients. Always available. Trusted adviser.’
'WA core capital markets practice for us. Very responsive, solid legal advice, very result-oriented. Happy to provide training for our in-house lawyers.'
'Ingrid York is great at structured transactions, complex derivatives, sustainability derivatives and carbon trading.'
'Ingrid York has excellent technical skills as well as experience of the market and a practical commercial approach. She is a go-to person for complex financial structures.'
‘Technical knowledge, the firm global reach and its commitment to pro bono work. Capability to leverage a large global team on the spot to close complex transactions. But most importantly, it is the firm culture.'
‘Ingrid York is not only a staple of the Structured Finance industry in the EEMEA, she is also someone that cares, who know to manage her faithful team and federate some key internal resources when necessary as well as externally with clients and key institutions and stakeholders. It is such partners that make new initiatives possible and credible.’
‘The best law firm I have ever worked with. From knowledge, through foresight, speed of work, politeness, etc.’

Key clients

Alpha Bank
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
BNP Paribas
Citibank
Centerbridge
Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank
Credit Suisse
Deutsche Bank
Elliott Advisors
Eurobank
European Investment Fund
Investec
Liquidity and Sustainability Facility DAC (the “LSF”)
National Bank of Greece
Piraeus Bank
Qatar National Bank
Societe Generale
United Arab Emirates Central Bank

Work highlights

Provided pro bono advice to the Liquidity and Sustainability Facility DAC (LSF) on its inaugural US$100 million repo transaction with Afreximbank and Citi, which was announced at COP27 and aims to bring liquidity to a diversified basket of African sovereign Eurobonds.
Advised The Hertz Corporation in connection with the extension of their European securitisation platform to finance their Italian rental fleet and increase the facility to €1.1 billion.