The Financial Services Group consists of 6 lawyers (3 partners) and can draw on the expertise of other specialist lawyers in corporate finance, pensions and wealth management. The group has particular experience of the issues affecting in-house lawyers in financial services firms and regulatory bodies. Being part of the Corporate & Commercial Department, the group is well placed to coordinate the provision of general commercial support to financial services firms.
Our clients include fund managers (including hedge funds), pension funds, global custodian banks, institutional trustees and administrators, retail banks, insurance and mortgage brokers, building societies, corporate finance firms, capital markets institutions, energy trading and production companies.
The activities of the Financial Services Group include:-
Advice:-
• how new developments in financial services law and regulation affect legal documentation and compliance practices;
• whether the activities of firms fall under the FSA regime and what the practical implications are;
• the creation of fund structures (including companies, trusts, limited liability partnerships and statutory bodies);
• data protection compliance;
• financial promotions;
• structuring of commercial transactions.
Drafting, Reviewing and Negotiating:-
• investment management agreements;
• fund constitutional and marketing documents;
• transfer agency, fund accounting, investment operations and custody agreements;
• terms and conditions;
• distribution agreements;
• broker agreements;
• IT agreements, including agreements relating to the outsourcing of information technology and telecommunications networks and the procurement and supply of information technology products and services;
• derivatives and swap transactions, including ISDA master agreements and confirmations, credit support arrangements and master netting arrangements for trading lines;
• energy trading agreements, master agreements and standard market terms.
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