Financial Services and Products Experience
Standard Chartered Bank
Advising on a wide range of employment issues and providing training to managers
Nationwide Building Society
Advising on the employment aspects of the sale of Nationwide Life Limited and Nationwide Unit Trust Managers Limited to Legal & General at a value of over £300m
Standard Chartered Bank
Advising on the employment aspects of a significant acquisition of an international bank
A FTSE-100 International Bank
Successfully handling a number of high value and sensitive sex/race discrimination tribunal claims
Bank of Ireland
Advising on business structure and policy design following a major reorganisation of subsidiaries and divisions, including harmonisation of terms and conditions and policies
Bank of Ireland
Advising on the constitution for a partners council
Bank of Ireland
Advising on a major business structure and collective redundancy process
Senior lenders
Advising on the Allington, North London, Wakefield and Wrexham facilities and contractors on a range of debt / equity and revolving loan facility arrangements
Leading International Bank
Advice on forward contracts for CERs from various projects, including review of project design documents and ERPAs, as well as drafting and negotiation of relevant ISDA documentation
Premier Asset Management
Advising Premier Asset Management on the acquisition of the fund management business of BFS Investments plc.
iimia Investment Group
Advising on the acquisition of Intelli Partners Limited by iimia Investment Group.
Newday Group Ltd
Advising Newday Group Ltd on the sale of the IFA and business of Chartwell Asset Management to Cavendish Grant.
Sumus plc
Advising Sumus plc, the holding company of Falcon Group plc and Financial Synergies plc, in respect of the admission of its shares to trading on AIM.
Exeter Investment Group plc
Advising Exeter Investment Group plc on the company's merger with iimia Investment Group plc, resulting in the admission of the enlarged iimia Investment Group plc to trading on AIM. Prior to this, we advised on Exeter's disposal of the 13 open-ended funds managed by its subsidiary, Exeter Fund Managers, together with its associated business, to New Star Asset Management in a deal valued at some £10 million.
Sarasin UK Limited
Acquisition of fund management company for £20.9 million on behalf of Sarasin UK Limited.