Guy O’Keefe
Slaughter and MaySlaughter and May has ‘an incredibly strong team with understanding of not only securitisation, but other relevant areas such as derivatives and corporate finance’. The firm’s multi-specialist approach sees its key partners handle a wide variety of finance transactions, but practice head Richard Jones and key practitioners Oliver Wicker, Guy O’Keefe and Caroline Phillips are also vastly experienced in public and private deals. Robert Byk also plays a key role in the practice. The firm works with financial institutions, investment funds, insurers, pension funds and sovereign entities, but is best known for its advice to corporate issuers.
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‘Incredibly strong team with understanding of not only securitisation, but other relevant areas such as derivatives and corporate finance. The result of this is a team which is more well-rounded and experienced compared to its competitors.’
‘Richard Jones is exceptional, one of the top partners in his field. David Thomas is an exceptional associate. He stands out from the other associates due to his overall understanding, eye for detail and commercial awareness. His advice is always sensible and pragmatic.’
Key clients
- NewDay
- INEOS
- Santander
- Lendco
- Paratus
- Blue Motor Finance
Work highlights
- Advised Blue Motor Finance in relation to an issuance by Azure Finance No.3 plc of £263.1m of floating rate auto finance asset-backed Sterling notes and residual certificates.
- Acted for Lendco Ltd, a UK-based specialist non-bank mortgage originator of buy-to-let and bridging loans, as originator and seller in relation to the issuance by Atlas Funding 2023-1 plc of c. £304m residential mortgage-backed notes, relating to a portfolio of prime UK buy-to-let residential mortgage loans originated by Lendco Ltd.
- Advised NewDay Cards Ltd and its affiliates in relation to the establishment of a new master issuer credit card receivables asset-backed notes programme within NewDay's existing Merchant Offering (“MO”) master trust structure and the first issuance of a series of notes under the new programme.
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Richard Jones