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PRODUCT EXPERTISE

PRODUCT EXPERTISE
• 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 EXPERTISE

AREAS OF EXPERTISE
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)
STRATEGIC EXPERTISE

STRATEGIC EXPERTISE
• 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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