DLA Piper
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DLA Piper has ‘a great commercial overlay with high-class associates and partners able to tackle an immense range of challenges in a timely manner’. The firm advises multinational banks, corporates, insurance companies and large funds on a broad range of derivatives and structured products, including total return swaps, pre-hedging solutions, ISDA documentation and regulatory matters. Global co-chair of financial services Mark Dwyer oversees the practice, in which up-and-coming partner Marcus Lovatt is highly regarded for his ‘wise head, steady hand, and constructive approach’. He acted for NatWest Markets as swap counterparty as part of a platform for €500m in public Dutch RMBS transactions. Associate Patrick Lightbown, who is praised for his ‘impressive composure, diligence, and skill’, also played a key role in that matter. Steven Krivinskas, who has broad experience in structured finance and debt capital markets, also plays a key role in the practice. Finance, projects and restructuring partner Martin Bartlam left for an in-house position in late 2023.
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‘We have worked with the DLA team extensively over several years. They take the time and care to understand the key drivers of our business and the legal positions that matter to us.’
‘Marcus Lovatt has a wise head, a steady hand, and a constructive approach that has supported transactions through many tricky moments. A class act.'
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Key clients
- NatWest Markets
- ISDA
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Work highlights
- Acting for ISDA in producing an update of an English law legal entity opinion for Nordic Investment Bank.
- Acted for Morgan Stanley as dealer in relation to annual updates to the Alphabeta Access Products Ltd Certificate Programme and Weser Capital Limited Certificate Programme and issuances off those programmes. The programmes are listed on the regulated market of Euronext Dublin.
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