United Kingdom - Scotland • Finance
Brodies LLP
The funds group at Brodies LLP operates at the apex of the Scottish market, offering extensive expertise across the gamut of relevant areas, from initial structuring and tax planning through to implementation, restructurings and the resolution of disputes. The practice is particularly well regarded for its capacity to design and implement innovative fund structures, such as asset-backed funding utilising Special limited partnership (SLP) structures. The offering is spearheaded by Andrew Akintewe, who is a trusted advisor to a broad range of major corporates, investment managers and banks. Paul McLaughlin is a key contact and specialises in Limited Liability Partnerships (LLPs), general partnerships and SLPs, with particular expertise of renewables such as offshore and onshore wind and solar spaces. Fund finance expert Alan Knowles has an established and growing practice advising lenders on cross-border deals involving Scottish funds.
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‘Great team composed by very skilled and talented lawyers.’
‘Andrew Akintewe and his team are very efficient in tasks that are new and novel.’
‘Great team with a commercial outlook.’
Key clients
- Gresham House Asset Management
- MSCI Inc.
- North East Scotland Pension Fund
- Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
- Promethean Investments LLP
- Hermes Real Estate
- Arjun Infrastructure Partners
- Ropes & Gray LLP
- Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
- TPG Europe LLP
- University of Edinburgh
- Grosvenor Estates
Work highlights
- Advised Gresham House Asset Management on Gresham House Forest Growth & Sustainability LP, a £200m forest carbon fund with a strong ESG investment profile.
- Advised Promethean Investments LLP on a series of investment fund vehicles in its third private equity fund (Fund 3), including structuring UK – US cross-border elements.
- Advised North East Scotland Pension Fund, one of Scotland’s major public sector pension funds (which holds over £4bn of assets) on the terms of a series of investments into investment fund vehicles.