Nick is a finance partner who advises clients on a wide range of asset-backed financings and derivatives.
Experience
Representative matters
Representative matters
Advised a near prime consumer lender on their forward flow arrangement with a credit fund.
Advised a buy-now-pay-later originator on two forward flow arrangements with credit funds.
Advised the senior bank on a tranched securitisation of UK consumer loans which achieved off-balance sheet treatment for the originator through the inclusion of a control party.
Advised a near prime consumer lender on their forward flow arrangement with a credit fund.
Advised a buy-now-pay-later originator on two forward flow arrangements with credit funds.
Advised the senior bank on a tranched securitisation of UK consumer loans which achieved off-balance sheet treatment for the originator through the inclusion of a control party.
Advised a conduit sponsor on its securitisation of UK mobile phone handset receivables.
Advised the banks on a point of sale consumer loan transaction for a major UK consumer loan originator which is structured as a trust.
Advised a major UK consumer loan originator and a US credit fund JV partner on a syndicated securitisation of UK consumer loans.
Advised a fast growing UK consumer lender on their securitisation warehouse of UK consumer loans.
Advised a credit fund on an asset backed facility for a UK credit card originator.
Advised investors in junior debt in a complex securitisation of UK sub-prime consumer loans.
Advised a credit fund on its investment in junior notes in a securitisation of sub-prime auto loans.
Advised a UK asset manager as arranger on a securitisation of trade receivables sold by 40+ SMEs in the UK, Netherlands, Belgium and Germany.
Advised the lead manager on a US private placement of bonds backed by the trade receivables and inventory of a diamond trader.
Advised a trade credit insurer (as drafting counsel) on a trade receivables securitisation of a diamond trader with sellers in Belgium, Dubai and Hong Kong.
Advised the banks on a multi-seller trade receivables securitisation programme for a chemicals company with sellers in the US, Canada, Mexico, Switzerland and Germany.
Advised a conduit sponsor on a multi-seller trade receivables securitisation programme for a chemicals company with sellers in the Netherlands, the US, Switzerland and Germany.
Acted for a commodity merchant on their EUR800,000,000 multi-bank, multi-seller trade receivables securitisation programme.
Advised a tech platform on a successful tokenization of US T Bills.
Advised an arranger on setting up an investment structure which held up to USD1.5bn of assets for a DAO.
Advised a blockchain foundation on crypto derivatives transactions.
Advised a UK investment bank as arranger on a securitisation programme of development loans by an asset manager.
Advised the mezzanine lenders in a warehousing of UK commercial real estate loans.
Advised a global investment bank on a private securitisation of aviation loans and other loans to sovereign related entities with a bank originator located in the GCC.
A number of forward flow arrangements for an originator selling residential mortgage loans.
Forward flow arrangement for an originator selling construction loans to a UK bank.
Advised a UK investment bank as arranger on a securitisation programme of development loans by an asset manager.
Advised the mezzanine lenders in a warehousing of UK commercial real estate loans.
Advised a global investment bank on a private securitisation of aviation loans and other loans to sovereign related entities with a bank originator located in the GCC.
Advised a UK asset manager as arranger on three MTN programmes backed by trade payables and trade credit insurance of an emerging markets focused medical company.
Advised a pioneering trade receivables financing platform on their financings of trade receivables sold by SMEs located in Chile, Ireland and South Africa and a supply chain finance programme for a supermarket chain in Greece.
Advised a credit fund focused on trade finance on a complex securitisation of trade payables by a supply chain finance platform with multiple debtors and a wrap from a captive insurer.
Advised a hedge fund focused on trade finance on a complex securitisation of trade payables by a supply chain finance platform with multiple debtors and a wrap from a captive insurer.
Advised a peer to peer platform on its terms and conditions for the sale of receivables.
Advised an e-procurement company on its terms and conditions for the financing of purchase orders and receivables owed by government debtors.
Advised a bank on its investment through a well-known UK receivables finance platform.
Advising an investment bank on a repo of sovereign loans with a bank located in south eastern Europe.
Advising a UK investment bank on a structured repo of private commercial mortgage backed securities with a Luxembourg fund counterparty.
Advising an investment bank on a structured GMSLA used for a collateral swap transaction.
Advising a European investment bank on two total return swaps over loans to Middle Eastern borrowers.
Advising a real estate fund on an investment in Luxembourg PECs issued by group which owns student housing
Advising a real estate fund on an investment in subordinated debt issued by one of the largest elderly care groups in the UK
Advising a real estate asset manager on their issuance of listed loan notes to fund coinvestment obligations
Advising a leading distressed debt investor on an acquisition of shipping loans from a Japanese bank
Advising a special situations fund on an investment in non-performing loans originated by an insolvent Lithuanian bank.
Advising a bank investor on its purchase of UK consumer loans for a sub-prime lender specialising in guaranteed loans
Advising a UK credit card company on their disposals of distressed loans.
Advising leading private equity and infrastructure sponsors on dozens of deal contingent FX forwards.
Advising a private equity sponsor on long term FX hedging at fund level.
Advising a leading private equity sponsor on numerous finance linked hedging transactions.
Advising a UK investment bank on numerous finance linked hedging transactions opposite a variety of fund counterparties.
Advising a global bank on three hedging facilities to credit funds secured on capital commitments.
Advising a European investment bank on a total return swap and put option confirmation in relation to German equities.
Advising a European investment bank on a call spread and related loan in relation to equities listed in Hong Kong.
Advising a hedge fund on a bespoke CDS with a margin loan as the reference obligation.
Advising an Austrian bank on a dispute relating to CDS.
Advising a private equity sponsor focusing on the energy sector on oil hedging in relation to reserve base lending facilities.
Advised banks and others on more than a dozen insured repackagings of sovereign obligations.
Advised arrangers on numerous financings of EUAs and ROCs.
Advised a broker on the establishment of its loan note participation programme using a Luxembourg compartment SPV.
Advised a UK asset manager on the establishment of its profit participating note programme using a Luxembourg compartment SPV.
Advised a global investment bank on various credit linked note issues using their debt issuance programme and related repo transactions.
Advising a family office on an equity repo on the LSE listed shares of a mining group incorporated in the CIS.
Advising a European investment bank on a repo of various equities listed on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
Advising the treasury team of a UAE based bank on their GMRAs.
Advising a major investment bank in relation to sub-participation (and eventual elevation) of a syndicated margin loan secured over shares listed on the London Stock Exchange.
Advising a major investment bank on a demand guarantee facility secured on shares listed on a local exchange in a GCC country.
Advising a major investment bank in relation to a margin loan secured over a portfolio of shares listed on multiple exchanges.
Advising a European investment bank in relation to a EUR500,000,000 margin loan secured over shares in a company listed on Euronext Brussels.
Advising a European investment bank on a bespoke credit support annex structured like a margin loan over Israeli shares.
Advising a European investment bank on a margin loan of equities listed on the London Stock Exchange in a transaction where the borrower was connected with the issuer and various disclosure and concert party issues were relevant.
Advising 5 leading investment banks on a collar financing of shares in Aercap.
Advising a US investment bank on a margin loan over a managed portfolio of listed shares.
Advising a global bank on numerous capital call facilities with funds located in Luxembourg, the Channel Islands, the Cayman Islands and England
Advising a number of funds on their capital call facilities.
Advising a UK venture capital trust on its asset backed credit facility.
Advising a private bank on a loan to a principal secured over hedge fund shares.
Advising a lender on a NAV facility to a credit fund.
Advising a US bank on a GP support facility to a hedge fund manager.
Advising a private bank on a loan to a principal secured on carry and real estate.
Advising a global investment bank on two credit facilities to a sovereign with credit support provided by the African Development Fund.
Advising an investment bank on a pre-IPO financing for an African issuer settled via a delivery of listed shares and backed by a hedge with a pension fund.
Advising an investment bank on a convertible loan to an African bank backed by a hedge with a pension fund.
Advising on various structured financing operations for financial institutions involving the sovereign bonds of a Mediterranean country.
Advising an asset manager on the establishment of five Sharia compliant profit participating certificate programmes which invest in a variety of assets.
Advising one of the largest investment managers in Saudi Arabia on a number of investments and Sharia compliant investment structures.
Advising a Dubai based alternative finance provider on the establishment of a Sharia compliant trust certificate programme which invests in Sharia compliant trade finance assets.
Advising a Dubai based alternative finance provider on a payables Murabaha for a healthcare company.
Recognitions
- Ranked in Chambers FinTech for London FinTech Legal: Corporate, Securities & Financing, 2024-2025
- Ranked in Chambers UK 2026 for Capital Markets: Securitisation
- Listed as a Leading Partner in The Legal 500 UK 2026 for Finance: Derivatives and Structured Products
Credentials
Education
Education
- Queens University Belfast, 1997, B.A.
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