Dentons
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The derivatives practice at Dentons 'punches above its weight', and clients note that 'the team goes out of its way to really understand the business and operational mechanics behind transactions to really allow the contractual terms to match the commercial reality'. The firm climbs the ranking this year due to the strength of its work for major banks, though it is also a key adviser to corporates and funds. Practice head Matthew Sapte is adept in all derivatives asset classes, including ESG-related instruments and Islamic finance. He recently acted for Absolute Collateral in establishing a conventional and Sharia-compliant repo trading platform. Standout partner Luke Whitmore is 'a fantastic sounding board for new ideas and structures and has a real thirst for the new and innovative ideas'. He has extensive experience in the prime brokerage and futures markets, and is a key adviser to leading investment banks on matters such as rates and foreign exchange swap transactions with private equity funds and other structured funds. His recent work also includes advising sell-side clients on the impact of Russian sanctions on derivative positions and the ability to terminate.
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Testimonials
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‘Dentons' derivatives practice continues to bat above its weight. They are quick to provide answers and example language to give you a sense of what you may be looking for, and their globality enables consistency across provision of opinions and jurisdictional surveys, with the London team taking the lead on coordination. The team go out of their way to really understand the business and operational mechanics behind transactions before putting pen to paper to really allow the contractual terms to match the commercial reality.’
‘Luke Whitmore is a standout partner. His ability to engage with all manner of business functions from legal to operations to risk and to break down and explain complex legal issues is superb. He has great market practice and really becomes part of your in-house team when you engage him. He's a fantastic sounding board for new ideas and structures and has a real thirst for the new and innovative ideas we throw at him, particularly in the digital asset space.’
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Key clients
- Absolute Collateral
- Citibank
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Work highlights
- Acting for Leonteq in establishing a Sharia compliant structured Trust Certificate issuance programme (with multiple structured product functionality).
- Acting for Absolute Collateral to establish a conventional and Sharia compliant repo trading platform.
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