Ashurst

For both derivatives and structured products, Ashurst is widely regarded as one of the leading firms in London, not least because its six-partner team is one of the largest in the City. Working with regulatory, tax, and litigation specialists, they frequently act for major investment banks and highly active buy-side clients, including DFIs, central banks, and private capital managers. Michael Logie is head of the global markets group, in which the derivatives and structured products team resides. Logie focuses on structured products platforms, while standout practitioner James Coiley has a broad practice that spans credit and other fixed income derivatives, repackagings, TRS, and other collateralised funding structures. Structured finance specialist Daniel Franks and Jonathan Haines, who assists financial institutions with securities financing and derivatives, are leaders in their fields. James Knight increasingly focuses his practice on complex collateralised funding transactions for investment banks financing credit funds and counterparties in emerging markets. Kerion Ball advises on synthetic risk transfer transactions and credit risk mitigation arrangements, as well as commodity and equity-linked derivatives.