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London

The London office has experienced unprecedented growth in recent years, and continues to grow as we invest in building our practices in key areas such as finance and technology. Matching the strength of our U.S. offices, and drawing on the resources of our European and Asian network, enables us to offer our clients a unique mix of innovative legal strategies and advice on the full range of financial products.

STRATEGIES FOR GROWTH

Our lawyers provide the legal solutions and business insights necessary to help our clients navigate new paths to growth. We have advised on numerous complex domestic and cross-border deals and financings, as well as defended our clients’ interests in a wide range of disputes.

Over the past several years, we have significantly expanded our team to better serve our clients’ evolving needs.

  • Private Equity Team of the Year/ M&A Team of the Year

    Transatlantic Legal Awards 2019
  • Award for International Law Firm Innovation

    Legal Week Innovation Awards 2019
  • Award for Managing Complexity and Scale Ranked #3 for Legal Expertise

    Financial Times Innovative Lawyers Europe 2019

Client Successes

Advising Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs and Citibank on the £2.5 billion financing for Advent International’s public-to-private bid to acquire Cobham

Advised Oakley Capital on its investment in the Italian high-end homeware business, Alessi

Advised Jacobs Engineering Group on its acquisition of Wood Group’s Nuclear business in the UK, Europe, and the Far East

ADVISING INNOVATORS IN SWIFTLY EVOLVING INDUSTRIES
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  • Our team advises on the legal and regulatory aspects of payment processing, virtual currency, and mobile banking.

ENSURING COMPLIANCE AND RESOLVING SENSITIVE DISPUTES
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  • Our Employment team provides strategic legal advice and services to help employers minimize the risk of litigation through effective workplace strategies.

  • Our full-service Litigation practice ranges from compliance counselling to commercial, IP, securities, white collar, and employment litigation.

CLOSING COMPLEX, CROSS-BORDER DEALS AND FINANCINGS
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  • The London office is a crucial part of our global Leveraged Finance and High Yield practice, with strength in English law loans, New York law loans, and high yield bonds.

  • We are a leader in European Securitization, Structured Products and Derivatives. No other firm has contributed more to the revival of the European Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities market.

  • Our M&A, Corporate and Tax lawyers advise on domestic and cross-border deals, with a focus on U.S. and Asian investment into the EU, while our Restructuring practice handles the full range of debt financing, insolvency, and corporate refinancing transactions.

  • The Private Investment Funds practice advises on all aspects of private investment funds around the world, while our Capital Markets practice represents issuers and underwriters in critical equity and debt capital raisings.

  • We have a dedicated Italian practice in London to assist European companies investing in Italy, and to support Italian companies investing elsewhere in Europe.

RECRUITING - TRAINING CONTRACTS

For information about training contract positions and how to apply, click here.

DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION

The London office is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive environment. Please click here to read more about the firm’s diversity initiatives. These UK specific diversity statistics form part of our monitoring and assessment, enabling us to track our progress. Information is as of May 2017.

London
100 Bishopsgate
London, POST-LON
EC2N 4AG
United Kingdom
Phone:
Fax: +44 (0)20 3023 5109

Office Chairs


Image: Ross Anderson
Ross Anderson

Partner, Corporate Department


Image: Mei Lian
Mei Lian

Partner, Corporate Department


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