Financial Institutions

Financial Institutions are facing unprecedented challenges in the aftermath of the credit crisis and the global recession.  This is presenting itself in the form of continuing liquidity issues, shareholder and investor activism, more onerous capital adequacy requirements and an evolving regulatory regime which continuously demands better governance, transparency and accountability from institutions.  At the same time national governments are considering further taxes on banks and restrictions on their trading activities, while the private equity industry is fearful of the impact which proposed European legislation will have on private equity assets under management in Europe.

At LG, we have an experienced team of lawyers who advise all industry participants, including banks, corporate finance houses, asset managers, fund administrators, insurance and reinsurance companies, Lloyd’s Syndicates commodity and energy traders, nominated advisers, IFA umbrellas, financial advisers, mortgage brokers, insurance intermediaries, professional firms, international trust companies, retail and professional investment funds and individual directors. 

Our areas of expertise include:

  • Establishing, structuring and re-organising investment funds and vehicles
  • Tax efficient structuring
  • Cross border trust structures
  • Acquisitions, disposals and assignments of interests, assets and companies
  • Takeovers (including reverse takeovers)
  • Initial public offerings and secondary offerings on the London Stock Exchange (Main Market) and AIM and dual listings on the world’s major exchanges
  • Private equity and venture capital raising (including seed capital and pre-IPO fund raising)
  • Restructuring , reorganisations, turn-arounds, intra-group transfers, bankruptcy and insolvency
  • Financial Institutions insurance including D&O and Fidelity
  • Real estate investment and financing
  • Debt and project finance
  • Employment issues
  • Pensions aspects of M&A, joint ventures, capital raising, restructuring, finance and insolvency
  • Regulatory and corporate governance, including capital adequacy
  • Domestic and international litigation and arbitration
  • Fraud and asset tracing
  • Non-marine, marine insurance and reinsurance coverage and avoidance disputes
  • Establishment and management of captives
  • Insurance exit strategies, run-off and legacy issues