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PRODUCT SPECIALISMS

PRODUCT SPECIALISMS
We Are Specialists In The Following Investment Products For
Investment Legal Services and Advisory Consulting Services:
• Aircraft Leasing (Japanese Operating Leases with and without call options (JOL and JOLCO)
• Rail Rolling Stock
• Payment Undertaking Agreements as debt defeasance structures (PUA)
• Equipment Trust Certificates (ETC) and Enhanced ETC (EETC)
• Corporate Stand-Alone Bond Issues
• Corporate Medium Term Note Programmes (MTN)
• High Yield Bond Issues
• Equity Capital Markets
• Contingent Convertible Bonds (CoCo)
• Initial Public Offering (IPO)
• Share Trading
• Oil
• Natural Gas
• Liquified Natural Gas (LNG)
• Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG)
• Compressed Natural Gas (CNG)
• Coal
• Agricultural Commodities
• Metals Trading (Precious and Base)
• Electricity
• Uranium
• Wind Farms
• Solar Energy
• Carbon Emissions Trading
• Shipping
• Mining
• Collateralised Commodity Obligations (CCO)
• Commodity Linked Notes
• Trust Custodial Receipts (TCR)
• American Depositary Receipts (ADR)
• Interest Rate Swaps (IRS)
• Currency Swaps (FX)
• Total Return Swaps (TRS)
• Credit Default Swaps (CDS)
• Equity Swaps
• Longevity Swaps
• ITraxx Swaps
• Weather Derivatives
• Earthquake Derivatives
• Equity Derivatives
• Blockchain Technology
• Digital Bonds
• Decentralised Finance (DeFi)
• Cryptocurrency
• Non-Fungible Tokens (NFT)
• Algorithmic Trading platforms
• High Frequency Trading (HFT) platforms
• Single Dealer Platforms (SDP) (Reuters (RET) and proprietary models)
• Multi Dealer Platforms (MDP) (360T, FXALL, Currenex, FXCM, Gain and Hotspot)
• Proprietary Trading Platforms (Website Terms and Privacy Notices)
• Trading Venue Memberships (Rulebooks and Membership Agreements)
• Asset Finance
• Project Finance
• Film Finance (equity and debt funding)
• Trade and Supply Chain Finance (Factoring, Letters of Credit, Tolling and Offtakes)
• Loans (Non-Performing Loans (NPLs), Leveraged, Revolving, Bi-lateral, Syndicated and Hotel Financing)
• Structured Commodity Finance (Pre-Export Credit, Warehousing, Base Loans and Revolving Loans)
• Undertakings for the Collective Investments in Transferable Securities (UCITS)
• Qualifying Investor Alternative Investment Funds (QIAIF)
• Open Ended Investment Companies (OEIC)
• Mutual Funds
• Private Funds
• Exchange Traded Funds (ETF)
• Fund Linked Notes Issuances
• Securities Borrowing and Lending
• Repos
• Collateral Management Agreements
• Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities (RMBS)
• Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (CMBS)
• Property Assessed Clean Energy Bonds (PACE)
• Real Estate Investment Trusts (REIT)
• Social Housing in the private residential property market for Local Authorities and/or Social Renters (i.e. Charities and Community Interest Companies (CIC) and Registered Providers) in the Third Sector
• Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities (RMBS)
• Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (CMBS)
• Trade Receivables
• Auto Loans
• Property Assessed Clean Energy Bonds (PACE)
• Non-Performing Loans (NPLs)
• Diversified Payment Rights (DPR)
• Risk Retention Structures (e.g. Capital Manager Vehicle (CMV), Majority Owned Affiliates (MOA) and Capitalised Majority Owned Affiliates (C-MOA))
• Murabaha
• Tawarruq
• Bai Al Ina
• Mudaraba
• Ijara Sukuks
• Takaful
• Wakala
• Compliant Cross Currency Swaps
• Tahawwut Master Agreement
• Asset Swaps
• Repackaging Note Issuance via Special Purpose Vehicles (SPV Notes)
• Credit Linked Notes (CLN)
• Constant and Variable Proportional Portfolio Insurance Notes (CPPI and VPPI)
• Collateralised Loan Obligations (CLO)
• Collateralised Debt Obligations (CDO)
• Structured Investment Vehicles (SIV)
• Real Estate Investment Trusts (REIT)
• Digitalisation Projects on Workflows
• Financing and Implementing Fintech Solutions
• Application Programming Interface (API) integration (Open Banking)
• Software as a Service (SaaS) Agreement Reviews
• Automation of Legal Documentation, Contract Reviews and E-Discovery as part of Legal Managed Services
AREAS OF SPECIALISM

AREAS OF SPECIALISM
We Are Specialists In The Following Areas For Investment Legal Services, GC Consulting Services and Advisory Consulting Services:
The review and negotiation of a variety of commercial contracts e.g.:
• Engagement Letters
• Confidentiality Agreements
• Mandate Letters
• Terms of Business
• Third Party Vendor Agreements;
• IT and SaaS Agreements and Licences
• Outsourcing Agreements
• Service Level Agreements
• Consultancy Agreements
• Loan Financing Agreements (LMA standard and bespoke)
• Settlement Agreements
• Supply Agreements
• Shareholder Agreements
• Agency Agreements
• Franchise Agreements
• Distribution Agreements
• Joint Venture Agreements
• Disclaimers
• GDPR and Data Protection Documentation
• Website Terms and Conditions
• Loan Defaults and Workouts
• Bond Defaults
• Credit Events
• ISDA Defaults and Termination
• Resolving Distressed CDOs, CLOs and NPLs
• Distressed Assets Claims Trading
Environmental:
Clean Energy projects including Wind Farms and Solar Energy
Social:
Social Housing - working with Charities, Community Interest Groups (CIC), Registered Providers and Local Authorities
Healthcare - working with Residential Home Care Providers
Governance:
• Drafting Internal Policies
• Drafting Internal Procedures Manuals
• Drafting Templated Documentation
Sustainability:
Negative and Positive Screening and Integration of ESG factors alongside traditional financial analysis
Impact Investing:
Utilising Impact Funds, Impact Bonds, Direct Investments in companies creating measurable social or environmental change
• Multi-Jurisdictional Litigation - Case Management
• Litigation Funding - Assessment of Merits of Claim
• Class Actions e.g. LIBOR
• Litigation and Settlements e.g. Lehman Brothers
• Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A)
• Initial Public Offering (IPO)
• Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPAC)
• Leveraged Buyouts (LBO)
• Joint Ventures (JV)
• Private Equity Alternative Investment Fund Deals (PE)
• Venture Capital Alternative Investment Fund Deals (VC)
• Direct Investments in Private Markets
Reviewing and implementing the following Regulations:
• European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR)
• Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MIFID II)
• Commodity Position Reporting (CPR)
• Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and Volcker Rule (DF)
• Packaged Retail Investment and Insurance Based Products (PRIIPs)
• Securities Financing Transactions Regulations (SFTR)
• Securities Regulations and Risk Retention Rules (SR)
• Benchmark Regulations (BR)
• Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD)
• Capital Requirements Directive (CRD)
• Bank Resolution and Recovery Directive (BRRD)
• General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
• Payment Services Directive (PSD2)
• Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regime (SFDR)
• Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD)
• Regulation on Wholesale Energy Market Integrity and Transparency (REMIT)
• E.U. Taxonomy Regulations
Brexit related experience:
• E.U. Withdrawal Bill review as part of the Brexit Committee for U.K. Finance (formerly The British Bankers' Association (BBA))
• Trading Venue Terms and Conditions and Rulebooks
• Cross-Border Licencing
• Terms of Business
Cayman Islands Regulations:
• Economic Substance / Base Erosion Profit Shifting (BEPS)
• Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA)
• Common Reporting Standards (CRS)
• Anti-Money Laundering (AML)
• Country by Country Reporting (CBCR)
• UK Receiverships (Administrative Receiverships)
• UK Administration (Pre-Packs)
• UK Voluntary Arrangements (Compulsory Voluntary Arrangements (CVS))
• UK Liquidation (Voluntary, Compulsory, Members Voluntary and Creditors Voluntary)
• Creditor Claims
• Debtor Claims
• U.S. Chapter 7 Liquidation Bankruptcy
• U.S. Chapter 11 Reorganisation and Rehabilitation Bankruptcy
• U.S. Securities Investor Protection Act (SIPA)
CONSULTNG SPECIALISMS

CONSULTING SPECIALISMS
We Have The Following Consulting Specialisms For Advisory Consulting Services and GC Consulting Services:
• Feasibility Assessments - Operational and Legal
• New Products - Legal Reviews and Implementation
• New Branch or Subsidiary - Set-up, Regulatory and Governance
• Set-up and growth of an In-House Legal Team - Advising on how to resource In-House Legal Teams globally, preparing Job Specs and Interviewing Candidates
• Law Firm Panel - Set-up and Relationship Management with Law Firms
• Legal Risk Management Advice - Onshore and Offshore
• Legal Managed Service - Advice on Automation of Legal Documentation Production, E-Discovery and Document Reviews
• Outsourcing - of Commoditised Legal Documentation
• Intra-Group Arrangements - Service Level Agreements
• General Commercial Contracts - Reviews and Negotiations with Outsourcing Parties, Vendors, IT Solution Providers and Service Providers
• Introductions - for Funding, Structuring Solutions, External Law Firms and Service Providers, by leveraging our network within investment banks, law firms, corporate trust and agency, custodians and fiduciaries
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