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London seminar programmeJanuary - July 2012

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We start the series by looking at the eurozone crisis. With the crisis developing daily, we remain unsure how the situation will have evolved by the time of this seminar. What is clear is that the situation is grave and the potential impact cannot be ignored. During any time of crisis, businesses should develop contingency plans to explore and prepare for events which, whilst perhaps unlikely, may significantly impact them. Through a panel discussion the seminar seeks to identify, from a legal perspective, the areas of likely exposure a business should consider if a eurozone member state were to exit the eurozone and/or the EU.

Following on, we have a number of seminars aimed at corporates and financial institutions looking at developments in corporate governance and executive remuneration. As pressure to cut costs remains, outsourcing continues to be used by many. We have a seminar looking at this growth area, aimed at

It has been more than three years since the start of the financial crisis and the global economy continues to struggle, with concerns around the future of the eurozone taking centre stage. Companies continue to face many challenges: – from lack of economic growth to volatile markets, to keeping up with regulatory developments. This seminar series therefore includes a number of seminars aimed at keeping companies up to date with some of the changes afoot with a view to helping companies plan how they might need to respond.

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Who this seminar is aimed at.

All of the seminars listed in this brochure qualify for England & Wales Solicitors Regulation Authority accredited CPD points.

Speakers will be drawn from the list. Full biographies can be found from p20 onwards.

Please feel free to share information on our seminars with colleagues within your organisation who might also find it of interest.

KeyOn a more upbeat note, opportunities remain for companies in growth markets such as Turkey. We are delighted to be joined by leading members of the Istanbul Bar for our seminar on ‘Investing in Turkey ’, and to have a number of Linklaters experts for a repeat of our highly successful seminar ‘Managing joint ventures in Emerging Markets’.

We do hope there is something in our programme that interests you. Please feel free to share information on our seminars with colleagues within your organisation who might also find it of interest.

Details of all our seminars can be found on www.linklaters.com/seminars. You can also request additional copies of our seminar brochure, electronically or hardcopy, by emailing [email protected].

VenueLinklaters One Silk Street London EC2Y 8HQ

Please refer to the map at the back of this brochure for the exact location.

CPD pointsAll of the seminars listed in this brochure qualify for accredited CPD points under the Continuing Professional Development scheme of the England & Wales Solicitors Regulation Authority. Our seminars are also likely to qualify for CPD points for various other professional organisations. Your relevant professional body will be able to advise you.

Future topicsWe would be interested to hear from you on topics for future seminars. If you have any suggestions, please feel free to discuss these with your regular Linklaters contact. We look forward to welcoming you to one of our seminars in the near future.

Robert Elliott Senior Partner, Linklaters LLP

Welcome to the London Seminar SeriesJanuary - July 2012 seminar programme

bringing non-specialists up to speed with the key issues to bear in mind when negotiating a major outsourcing contract.

The M&A market remains alive but subdued. What is clear is that, as is always the case in times of financial pressure, buyers are more likely to claim for breach of warranty should the acquisition transpire to be not quite what they expected. In our seminar ‘M&A: damages for breach of warranty’, we consider what a court will take into account when measuring the amount of damages a buyer can claim, and how the drafting of the share purchase agreement can affect this.

We also have seminars on equity acquisition financing, commodities and trends in investment grade loan documents as well as regulatory updates on the US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive and the Market Abuse Directive.

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January

Eurozone crisis: time for a contingency plan?Tuesday 31 January 6

February

Outsourcing, services from the “cloud” and procurement – for generalistsWednesday 1 February 7

FATCA – what do these new reporting and withholding requirements mean for you?Thursday 16 February 8

March

TUPE: refresher and updateThursday 8 March 9

Equity Acquisition FinanceTuesday 27 March 10

April

Investing in TurkeyTuesday 17 April 11

Keeping up with corporate governance: EU, UK and USWednesday 18 April 12

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Latest trends in investment-grade loan documentsTuesday 1 May 13

Commodities “101”Thursday 17 May 14

M&A: damages for breach of warranty Wednesday 30 May 15

June

Financial regulatory update: MiFID and MAD reviewsThursday 21 June 16

July

Managing joint ventures in emerging marketsTuesday 3 July 17

Dates to be confirmed

Forthcoming seminars on executive remuneration, dates dependent on timing of release of relevant guidelines 18

The speakersFull list of speakers and biographies 20

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Outsourcing, services from the “cloud” and procurement – for generalists

Eurozone crisis: time for a contingency plan?

Wednesday 1 February 9.00am - 10.15am (Registration from 8.30am)

Tuesday, 31 January 9.00am - 10.00am (Registration from 8.30am)

The discussionOutsourcing is now a commonplace activity, with almost all large organisations using it to cut costs, improve services and/or focus on core competencies. Some organisations are now looking to outsource to the “cloud”. But what happens when an outsourcing transaction lands on your desk? Is it just like any other commercial agreement? What does “cloud” mean? This session is intended to provide you with basic knowledge on how to manage the legal aspects of an outsourcing transaction, together with an insight into the future of the outsourcing and cloud services market.

This seminar will provide:

> an introduction to outsourcing and the cloud and an overview of the market;

> three questions to ask your procurement team; and

> a summary of data privacy, TUPE and MiFID and other regulatory issues likely to arise during an outsourcing or cloud services deal.

The discussionThe eurozone crisis develops daily and there is no way of telling what will have happened by the time of this seminar. What is clear is that the situation is grave and the potential impact cannot be ignored. During any time of crisis, businesses should develop contingency plans to explore and prepare for events which, whilst perhaps unlikely, may significantly impact them.

Through a panel discussion the seminar seeks to identify, from a legal perspective, the areas of likely exposure a business should consider if a eurozone member state were to exit the eurozone and/or the EU.

In addition to discussing issues such as how a eurozone exit might occur and other possible outcomes of the current crisis, the key questions that the panel will consider will include:

> How might euro-denominated assets and contracts be affected by an exit?

> How might exchange controls impose by an exiting state impact on the situation?

> Since uncertainty is inevitable, how can exposures be hedged or the risks managed?

John CrozierPartner

Richard CumbleyPartner

Julian Cunningham-DayPartner

Will RobinsonCounsel

Julie SharpCounsel

Sir Christopher Bellamy QCChairman, Global Competition Practice

Edward ChanPartner

Richard GoddenPartner

Stefaan LoosveldManaging Associate

Mairéad Ní DhonnchaCounsel

Michael VoisinPartner

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This seminar will be of interest to anyone wishing to find out more about eurozone exits and the impact on contracts and bonds.

“ Some organisations are now looking to outsource to the “cloud”. But what happens when an outsourcing transaction lands on your desk?”

“ What is clear is that the situation is grave and the potential impact cannot be ignored.”


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“ ...we will cover the core requirements of TUPE, and then look at recent developments, including recent case law on the harmonisation of terms and conditions post-transfer.”

TUPE: refresher and update

Thursday 8 March 8.30am - 9.30am (Registration from 8.00am)

The discussionIn this seminar we will cover the core requirements of TUPE, and then look at recent developments, including recent case law on the harmonisation of terms and conditions post-transfer, outsourcing/insourcing issues, TUPE in the context of the sale of distressed businesses and aspects of TUPE currently under review by the government.

Simon Kerr-Davis Managing Associate

Jean LovettPartner

Jillian Naylor Managing Associate

Gemma Parker Managing Associate

Nicola Rabson Partner

1This seminar would appeal to in-house lawyers, HR practitioners and those involved in HR strategy and decisions.

FATCA – what do these new reporting and withholding requirements mean for you?Thursday 16 February 9.00am - 10.00am (Registration from 8.30am)

The discussionThe US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (“FATCA”) will impose extremely broad withholding and reporting requirements on almost all non-US financial institutions, including banks, insurance companies, hedge funds, private equity funds, trust companies and family offices of all sizes around the world – irrespective of whether or not they have a connection with the US.

FATCA will take effect on 1 January 2013 and will make substantial changes to information reporting and compliance requirements for offshore accounts. This will impact not only compliance and reporting procedures for

financial institutions, but also their relationships with clients and other financial institutions. In addition, the reporting requirements under FATCA raise a number of potential conflicts with local data protection, professional secrecy and confidentiality laws.

This seminar will provide:

> an overview of FATCA and other key related developments;

> an explanation of how these rules will impact financial institutions operating outside the US; and

> an overview of some of the data protection, professional secrecy and confidentiality implications of complying with FATCA.

Peter ChurchManaging Associate


Francisco DuqueUS Associate

Stephen LandPartner

Alice WohnUS Associate

“ The operation of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) has already been postponed for a year because of the immense problems that it is going to cause global investors.”

The Economist

1This seminar will be of interest to legal, tax and compliance teams at banks, insurance companies, hedge funds, private equity funds, trust companies and other financial institutions.


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Investing in Turkey

Tuesday 17 April 9.00am - 10.00am (Registration from 8.30am)

The discussionTen years ago, the overwhelming focus in emerging markets was on the BRIC economies. Whether they are now called the “Growth 8” or the “Next 11”, Turkey is firmly within the wider range of countries with high growth and promise. If the economists are right, Turkey is one of several countries with the potential to become one of the world’s largest economies in the 21st century.

Linklaters has been active in the Turkish market since the mid-1980s. Since then we have built up a market leading practice, supporting international and local corporates and financial institutions investing into and out of Turkey and providing advice on a wide range of financings in both the local and international markets.

Drawing on this experience, and speaking along with leading members of the Istanbul bar, this seminar aims to give those new to the market a high-level but practical overview of:

> key issues you need to bear in mind when investing in Turkey;

> the legal and regulatory environment, including the key regulatory bodies and their attitudes;

> joint ventures with Turkish partners;

> privatisation and post-privatisation: investment in Turkey’s energy and infrastructure assets;

> key sectors generating business for our clients; and

> key trends in inbound investment and exits.

“ If the economists are right, Turkey is one of several countries with the potential to become one of the world’s largest economies in the 21st century.”

Ian AndrewsPartner

Tom O’NeillPartner, Head of Turkey Desk

Dominic SandersPartner

Dan Tyrer Partner

together with leading members of the Istanbul bar.

1This seminar will be of interest to corporates and their advisers who are interested in investing in Turkey.

Equity Acquisition Finance

Tuesday 27 March 9.00am - 10.00am (Registration from 8.30am)

The discussionIssuing equity to fund acquisitions has become topical again as companies deal with constraints on the availability of debt and an M&A market that is presenting opportunities to acquire highly leveraged targets. Topical techniques range from large rights issues launched and closed before acquisition completion, through to consideration share issues and standby underwriting structures to provide certainty of funding or comfort on the availability of working capital.

Early planning of the components of the finance package and their interaction with the M&A process is important. Bridge debt often plays a part.

This seminar will provide an overview of the techniques that are available and their interaction with the M&A process.

“ Early planning of the components of the finance package and their interaction with the M&A process is important.”

Dominic Kendal-WardManaging Associate

John LanePartner

1This seminar will be of general interest to legal and ECM teams within both banks and corporates.



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Latest trends in investment-grade loan documentsTuesday 1 May 9.00am - 10.00am (Registration from 8.30am)

The discussionWhat’s happening in the investment-grade world at the moment? The markets have remained turbulent ever since the credit crunch, and that’s had a big impact on how borrowers and lenders approach their financing transactions. The documents those parties use inevitably follow market developments, and understanding how the latest trends are being reflected is vitally important to any banker, treasurer or lawyer.

We have plenty of experience in adapting loan documents to meet market conditions, and we recognise that our clients are even more closely involved with this process. So in this seminar we aim to do two things: – to present

some of our thoughts and to allow you, at your tables, to discuss your experiences on important questions like:

> what are the biggest changes you’ve seen made to loan documents recently?

> how have you seen approaches to previously “market-standard” clauses differ?

> what are the thorniest loan financing issues you’re coming across at the moment?

Oliver EdwardsPartner

Phil SpittalPartner

Jeremy StokeldPartner

Stuart ThomasPartner

John TuckerPartner

Claire WatsonPartner

1This seminar would be useful for bankers, lawyers and treasury teams involved with investment-grade lending on the borrower or lender side.

“ The markets have remained turbulent ever since the credit crunch, and that’s had a big impact on how borrowers and lenders approach their financing transactions.”

Keeping up with corporate governance: EU, UK and USWednesday 18 April 9.00am - 10.00am (Registration from 8.30am)

The discussion2012 looks like being another busy year for corporate governance developments. We expect developments on issues such as diversity, executive remuneration, non-financial reporting and the role of auditors, all of which will remain firmly on the current corporate governance agenda.

Just trying to keep track of who is looking at what – and what the implications might be – can be hugely time consuming. This seminar is designed to help with that by giving you the latest on key corporate governance developments – at the UK and EU level. We will also take a high-level look at the impact of US corporate governance developments for non-US companies.

The timing of developments is not always known, but we expect to be discussing:

> the EU’s green paper on corporate governance;

> EU draft legislation on auditors;

> whether the EU Commissioner, Viviane Reding, has followed through on her threat to take action if not enough has been done to promote women on boards;

> EU and UK developments in relation to executive remuneration;

> the latest BIS proposals on non-financial reporting and the interim report of the review into short-termism; and

> US developments, principally compensation committee rules, whistleblower programmes and say on pay vote.

“ Just trying to keep track of who is looking at what – and what the implications might be – can be hugely time consuming.”

Bernice Dunsmuir Consultant

Lucy FergussonPartner

Judy Pink Managing Associate

Tom Shropshire Partner

Mark Stamp Partner

1This seminar will be of interest to legal, company secretariat and compliance teams.

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M&A: damages for breach of warranty

Wednesday 30 May 9.00am - 10.00am (Registration from 8.30am)

The discussionMost M&A lawyers know the basic principle for a claim for breach of warranty under a share purchase agreement, namely that damages should put the claimant in the position it would have been in had there been no breach of warranty. But what does that actually mean?

In this seminar, practitioners from our M&A and Litigation practices will, through case studies, consider:

> What does this principle actually mean in practice?

> When might claims of misrepresentation apply – and how would courts assess the measure of damages here?

> What terms should your share purchase agreement have to seek to ensure that, as a buyer, you have maximum protection and, as a seller, you try to minimise exposure?

Dario DagostinoManaging Associate

Stephen GriffinPartner

Dan LawrieManaging Associate

Kathryn LudlowPartner

Mark StampPartner

James ThompsonManaging Associate

1This seminar will be of interest to in-house counsel and M&A teams within corporates and banks.

“ ...damages should put the claimant in the position it would have been in had there been no breach of warranty. But what does that actually mean?”

Commodities “101”

Thursday 17 May 9.00am - 10.00am (Registration from 8.30am)

Peter BevanPartner

Richard FirthConsultant

Jeremy GewirtzPartner

Rhian RobertsManaging Associate

1This seminar will be relevant to bank and treasury teams who need an introduction to commodities.

“ When equity markets take a plunge, private investors tend to buy into soft and hard commodities to diversify their portfolios and improve returns.”

The Financial Times

The discussionCommodities today are centre stage and a fascinating part of the world economy. Their relevance to all businesses is beyond question – whether in the supply chain as producer, merchant, broker, shipper, importer, wholesaler or consumer or as investor. Commodities markets have evolved substantially over the course of the past 10 years. Many markets have developed from being nascent, opaque and illiquid to being mature, transparent and liquid. New regulations are leading to major changes.

This high-level seminar will introduce you to the fundamentals of the commodities markets by providing a general background on:

> providing a general background on:– commodity markets concepts

and jargon;– the manner in which a selection

of commodities markets operate;– the different types of commodity

assets – physical, futures and over-the-counter derivatives; and

– the manner in which commodities are traded;

> examining the policy rationale behind the changes to the regulation of commodities markets in the UK and Europe;

> highlighting certain pervasive legal issues associated with commodities and commodity markets; and

> outlining the manner in which agile expertise across different legal disciplines is essential to being able to effectively manage legal, regulatory and credit risk on commodity matters.



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Managing joint ventures in emerging markets

Tuesday 3 July 9.00am - 10.30am (Registration from 8.30am)

The discussionJoint ventures and alliances are a vital part of business. This is particularly the case for an organisation looking to explore new growth opportunities outside its established core business or jurisdiction. Greater access to emerging markets offers many opportunities – but clearly also throws up a number of risks. Therefore, the need to be flexible, and to evolve, is all the more necessary.

Through a panel discussion bringing together partners from our Africa, India, Russia, Turkey and UAE practices, this seminar will look at the key issues that need to

be considered when structuring any joint venture, including management, funding, deadlock and exit. It will also consider the particular difficulties thrown up when considering a joint venture in an emerging market and offer practical advice based on our experiences of joint ventures in these jurisdictions.

Nick GarlandPartner

Richard GoodPartner

Andrew JonesPartner, Africa Desk, London

Sandeep KatwalaRegional Managing Partner, EEMEA and India

Paul McNichollPartner


Hugo StolkinPartner

1.5This seminar will be of interest to in-house legal and strategy teams and also to M&A teams within investment banks.

“ Greater access to emerging markets offers many opportunities – but clearly also throws up a number of risks.”

Financial regulatory update: MiFID and MAD reviewsThursday 21 June 9.00am - 10.00am (Registration from 8.30am)

The discussionThe European Commission is in the process of reviewing the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive and the Market Abuse Directive, and published draft legislation in October 2011 proposing sweeping amendments to them. 2012 is set to be a crucial time in influencing the outcome of these reviews, and in preparing for the inevitable changes to come. This seminar will give a brief overview of the MiFID and MAD reviews to date, including:

> the background to the MiFID and MAD reviews, including the impetus behind the reviews and the political, economic and market context;

> an overview of the key proposals for change, including:

– the proposed organised trading facility regime;

– increased pre and post trade transparency requirements;

– increased investor protection requirements;

– mandatory exchange trading for clearing-eligible OTC derivatives;

– significant new powers for regulators;

– extension of the definition of inside information in MAD;

> the implications of these changes for our clients, and steps that can be taken to prepare.

Peter BevanPartner

Harry EddisCounsel

Carl FernandesPartner

Sarah ParkhousePartner

Nadia SwannPartner

1This seminar will be of interest to regulatory counsel, policy and compliance in banks, investment firms and asset managers.

“ Firms should start to assess the potential market and business specific impacts of the proposals.”

The Financial Times


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Find out all about our speakers – what they focus on, what transactions they have worked on and how they can help you.

The speakersForthcoming seminars on executive remuneration

The discussionExecutive remuneration is very much in the spotlight at the moment, and we are expecting a number of new guidelines in 2012. The exact dates for publication of these proposals are not yet known. If you are interested in attending one or all of our seminars, please do register your interest and we will be in touch once a date has been fixed – our intention is to hold the seminars within weeks of the proposals being published.

> Once the Department for Business Innovation & Skills’ consultation on executive pay and remuneration reporting is completed and regulatory solutions are proposed, we will be holding a seminar to discuss the changes (which will apply for

financial years beginning on or after 1 October 2012).

> We will also be holding seminars for:

– financial services companies caught by CRD 4, once the remuneration rules are finalised in Summer 2012

– asset management companies caught by AIFMD, once the European Securities and Markets Authority publishes its guidelines on remuneration policies.

If you would be interested in attending any of these seminars, please contact [email protected].

These seminars would be useful for in-house counsel, HR professionals and those involved in determining remuneration.

“ Shareholders and industry trade bodies have thrown their weight behind calls for radical reform to executive pay.”

The Financial Times



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Julian Cunningham-DayPartner

Julian advises customers and suppliers on a wide range of outsourcing, offshoring and IT procurement initiatives as well as on a variety of commercial and regulatory telecoms projects, information risk management projects and IT-related corporate transactions.

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Dario Dagostino Managing Associate

Dario is a Managing Associate in the Litigation & Arbitration practice with particular expertise in regulatory and competition litigation and investigations as well as in international fraud work. His practice covers diverse areas such as cartel investigations and related civil litigation, dealing with internal investigations into suspected corruption and civil claims and injunctive relief relating to fraud. He is a member of the International Financial Markets Law Committee steering group commenting on the Bribery Act 2010.

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Francisco DuqueUS Associate

Francisco has broad experience in the US tax aspects of a wide range of domestic and cross-border transactions and regularly advises on cross-border acquisitions, private equity and venture capital investments, strategic alliances, and joint ventures. He also advises on tax aspects of corporate finance and securities transactions. Francisco has extensive experience advising financial institutions on a variety of tax and compliance issues including US withholding and information reporting rules, and the new Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act.

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Harry Eddis Counsel

Harry specialises in advising financial services firms on all aspects of financial regulation. He has particular expertise in market infrastructure work, involving clearing and derivatives, as well as general product and regulatory structuring advice.

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Bernice Dunsmuir Consultant

Bernice spent eight years advising on a wide range of transactions, including private and public M&A, IPOs and joint ventures, and two years developing and delivering our internal training programme for corporate lawyers. She is currently responsible for the development of our value-added services for clients and is very involved in our corporate governance teaching and initiatives.

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Peter ChurchManaging Associate

Peter advises on a wide range of information law subjects including privacy and freedom of information. He also provides training and support to Linklaters global technology, media and telecommunications team on these issues and is editor of Data Protected, the most comprehensive summary of European data protection laws.

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John Crozier Partner

John has over 20 years’ experience of advising on all forms of sourcing and complex procurement transactions. His practice focuses on structuring, negotiating and implementing multi-jurisdictional projects including ITOs, BPOs and managed network services in a number of sectors. He works with leading global corporates and market-leading suppliers with a particular emphasis on suppliers in the financial services sector.

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Ian Andrews Partner

Ian has been involved with the infrastructure market for almost 20 years, starting with Eurotunnel, and can be rightly considered the leading expert on continental European transport projects. He has extensive experience advising on a broad range of public infrastructure transactions, including asset acquisitions and concession financings throughout Europe.

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Peter BevanPartner

Peter advises on all aspects of regulation. He has particular experience of new product development and marketing, trading issues such as market abuse (including in an enforcement context) and regulatory structuring advice.

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Richard has extensive experience in contentious and non-contentious issues relating to privacy, confidentiality and professional secrecy, being recognised as a leader in the field of privacy in Chambers and Partners. Richard is also extremely experienced in multi-jurisdictional outsourcing projects, acting for both market-leading suppliers and FTSE 100 customers.

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Sir Christopher Bellamy QCChairman, Global Competition Practice

Christopher is one of the most influential competition lawyers in Europe. A leading QC by background, he became a judge of the European Court of First Instance before establishing, and presiding over, the Competition Appeal Tribunal. He is the co-author of Bellamy & Child, European Community Law of Competition.

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Edward ChanPartner

Edward specialises in complex structured financings, particularly those with elements driven by tax, regulatory capital or pensions-related requirements. He has significant experience covering a broad range of banking, structured finance, emerging markets, capital markets and derivatives transactions.

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Lucy Fergusson Partner

Lucy has considerable experience in corporate governance matters, corporate and securities law, M&A and domestic and international capital raising. She is a contributor to various publications and a member of the City of London Law Society’s Company Law Committee and of the CBI’s Companies Committee.

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Andrew Jones Partner, Africa Desk, London

Andrew advises sponsors, banks and governments on the development, acquisition/disposal and financing of natural resources, power and infrastructure assets around the world, with a particular focus on Africa. In Africa, Andrew has advised on transactions in over 25 countries.

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Sandeep KatwalaRegional Managing Partner, EEMEA and India

Sandeep heads the EEMEA and India practices and has acted on a variety of privatisation, corporate and infrastructure transactions in a number of those markets. He has extensive experience, gained over 25 years, of transactions in emerging markets. He is currently acting on transactions in Africa and India.

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Dominic Kendal-Ward Managing Associate

Dominic has extensive transactional experience across a broad range of equity issues, public and private mergers and acquisitions, group reorganisations and joint ventures. He has a particular focus on cross-border public M&A and secondary equity capital raisings.

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Nick GarlandPartner

Nick is a corporate lawyer and his main areas of practice include general corporate advisory work, M&A (public and private), joint ventures and primary and secondary securities offerings. Nick is currently based in Abu Dhabi and has spent significant periods working across Linklaters global offices in London, Asia, Europe, Russia and the Middle East. His particular strength is in international M&A, and in the last five years in the UAE he has done deals in India, CEE, Australia and Malaysia in addition to the region.

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Jeremy GewirtzPartner

Jeremy is a partner with over 15 years of experience advising lenders and sponsors on a variety of deals across the energy value chain. He is a co-leader of the firm’s Energy & Utilities Group and heads up the power and energy trading teams.

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Stephen is a specialist in UK company law and in UK and international public and private M&A. Significant transactions include advising BP on the reorganisation and dual-track IPO and US$9bn private sale process of its chemicals business.

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Carl FernandesPartner

Carl has experience in advising clients on a broad range of complex financial services regulatory issues in Europe and Asia, including as to the scope of licensing requirements, market conduct requirements and restrictions and appropriate risk management systems and controls.

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Richard Firth Consultant

Richard has over 25 years of legal experience in capital markets and was, until recently, Global Head of Commodities Legal at Barclays Capital. As one of the drafters of the 1987 ISDA Master Agreement, he has spent the majority of his career advising on commodity and derivatives based matters. He is currently a Consultant at Linklaters, where he is focused on Linklaters’ Commodities practice.

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Richard GoddenPartner

Richard has broad experience both in general corporate advisory work and corporate transactions. He has advised a wide range of corporate clients, professional services organisations, investment banks and other institutions. He was Secretary to the UK Takeover Panel between 1988 and 1990.

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Oliver Edwards Partner

Acting for both lenders and borrowers, Oliver is a specialist in international banking with wide ranging experience in cross-border syndicated lending, restructurings and structured financings.

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Richard GoodPartner

Richard is a specialist corporate with cross-border M&A experience. He specialises in UK and HK company and securities law and has acted on privatisations in the banking, rail and telecommunications sectors. Richard has also advised on a number of corporate reorganisations and reconstructions, securities’ issuances as well as public company mergers, disposals and acquisitions.

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Jean Lovett Partner

Jean’s experience covers a wide spectrum of employment law advisory matters, corporate governance and the employment aspects of corporate transactions, particularly those of an international nature.

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Tom O’NeillPartner, Head of Turkey Desk

Tom is a London-based, New York qualified partner and the head of our Turkey Desk, responsible for coordinating Linklaters’ business in Turkey. He has been active in the Turkish market since the mid-1990s, working on such transactions as the IPOs of Mey Icki, Emlak Konut, Aksa Enerji, Denizbank, Tupras, POAS and Isbank. Before returning to London in 2008, Tom headed our U.S. securities practice in Paris for seven years.

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Gemma ParkerManaging Associate

In her role as professional support lawyer, Gemma is responsible for developing and providing training and know-how services to the employment team and to clients. As a fee-earner, Gemma advised clients on a wide range of employment law issues, from litigation in the Employment Tribunal and High Court to transactional issues including TUPE.

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Dan LawrieManaging Associate

Dan specialises in UK company law, advising corporates, in particular financial institutions, and investment banks. He has experience covering a wide range of public and private mergers and acquisitions, equity issues and group reorganisations.

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Kathryn LudlowPartner

Kathryn has experience in a wide range of commercial disputes, with an emphasis on professional negligence and financial services. She has particular experience in representing accountancy firms.

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Jillian Naylor Managing Associate

Jillian advises on all aspects of employment law, with a particular interest in advisory and contentious issues. She advises regularly on High Court and tribunal claims, as well as on a broad range of employee relations and contractual issues.

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Stephen LandPartner

Stephen is the head of Linklaters US tax practice in New York and regularly advises on tax aspects of US domestic and international mergers and acquisitions and cross-border corporate finance structures. Stephen is recognised as a leading individual in the field of tax in Chambers USA and Legal 500 US.

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John Lane Partner

John is co-head of Linklaters equity practice. He has worked on numerous London IPOs and secondary offerings for issuers and for underwriting banks and also has experience in private and public M&A.

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Paul McNichollPartner

Paul has extensive experience in complex cross-border M&A transactions and their related financings. Previously based in the Tokyo office, Paul is particularly recognised for the strength of his work in Japan having advised on a number of strategic investments and joint ventures in Japan, including the sale of Lehman Brothers’ Asian business to Nomura and the takeover of Merrill Lynch by Bank of America.

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Stefaan LoosveldManaging Associate

Stefaan Loosveld focuses on banking litigation and restructuring & insolvency. From 2002 to 2006, he worked as senior legal counsel at the European Central Bank, where he gained first-hand insight into bank funding operations. Stefaan is the author of a book on Money, Monetary Claims and Foreign Exchange.

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Mairéad Ní Dhonncha Counsel

Mairead Ni Dhonncha is counsel in the firm’s capital markets department advising on regulatory aspects of capital markets transactions. She specialises in advising on EU legislation affecting capital markets such as the Prospectus, Transparency, and Market Abuse Directives. Mairead has been heavily involved in the firm’s initiative relating to developments in the Eurozone.

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Simon Kerr-DavisManaging Associate

Simon has experience in working for a wide range of clients, primarily in corporate and advisory matters. He also has experience in advocacy in the employment tribunal.

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Tom Shropshire US Partner

Tom has significant experience in cross-border mergers and acquisitions and securities offerings by US and non-US companies. Tom’s recent transactions include advising on pre-emptive offers by National Grid, Rio Tinto, RBS and Standard Chartered, as well as on a number of M&A and corporate transactions for ACS, Comstar, Rio Tinto and RBS. Tom also regularly advises non-US SEC reporting issuers on US disclosure, corporate governance and compliance matters.

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Jeremy StokeldPartner

Jeremy acts for banks and companies on a broad range of UK and international financing transactions including syndicated lending, secured and structured financing and capital markets issues.

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Hugo StolkinPartner

Hugo is an English corporate partner based in our Moscow office. With a broad range of M&A experience both within the London market and internationally, he has acted for an extensive range of blue chip corporate clients, including BP. Most recently he advised Russian steel producer Evraz on its redomiciliation and London premium listing.

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Mark StampPartner

Mark specialises in UK corporate finance and company law, advising both corporate clients and investment banks. His main areas of practice include public and private M&A, equity issues, joint ventures and general corporate advice.

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Phil SpittalPartner

Phil specialises in syndicated lending, event, acquisition and leveraged finance and property and development finance. He acts for both lenders and borrowers, on a range of both international and domestic finance transactions.

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Julie Sharp Counsel

Julie has advised on numerous outsourcing transactions for a range of service-recipient clients covering a range of services including facilities management, HR, pensions administration, accountancy and IT services. She also regularly works on large, international transactions.

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Rhian Roberts Managing Associate

Rhian’s experience includes the structuring and documenting of OTC derivative transactions, including commodity and emissions-related derivatives, interest rate, currency and inflation-linked products, credit and equity derivatives. Her advisory work includes regulatory capital, collateral and netting. She also acts for a range of entities, including investment banks, corporates and energy firms.

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Dominic is a partner with over 20 years’ experience of working in emerging markets and is former head of Linklaters Moscow office. His particular expertise lies within Russia and the wider CIS, CEE and Turkish markets, advising companies and investment banks on M&A, reorganisations, joint ventures and equity financings.

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Will Robinson Counsel

Will has over nine years’ experience working on significant outsourcing transactions in both the private and public sectors. Will has spent time in-house at British Airways and has developed a good understanding of how in-house lawyers need external legal support delivered to their internal stakeholders.

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Nicola RabsonPartner

Nicola has experience in all areas of contentious employment law. She advises on employment claims in the High Court and tribunal system, and is experienced in mediation and conciliation. She regularly advises on executive terminations, redundancies, disciplinary hearings and employee relations matters.

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Judy PinkManaging Associate

Judy is responsible for developing knowhow and training on company law and on domestic and cross-border private M&A. She is currently particularly focused on corporate governance issues.

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Sarah Parkhouse Partner

Sarah acts for a broad range of financial institutions. She advises on all aspects of financial markets regulation, acting in particular for private banking and wealth management businesses and retail banks on suitability, distribution and consumer protection issues, as well as providing regulatory input on a range of transactions in the financial services sector.

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Alice WohnUS Associate

Alice advises clients in all principal areas of US tax law, with an emphasis on domestic and cross-border mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, restructurings, and corporate finance transactions. Her international practice includes US tax planning for foreign clients with respect to their investments and operations in the US, and for US-based companies with respect to their worldwide operations.

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Michael VoisinPartner

Michael is a capital markets specialist, with an emphasis on sophisticated financial products including repackagings, securitised and OTC derivatives, investment fund products, CDOs and regulatory capital raising for financial institutions. With expert knowledge on credit and equity derivatives synthetic products, as well as extensive experience of debt, derivative and equity securities issuance, Michael also advises corporates on treasury matters and general banking transactions.

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Claire Watson Partner

Claire has broad experience in the investment grade loan markets and acts for banks, corporates and funds on a wide spectrum of transactions, including syndicated and bilateral lending, acquisition finance and real estate finance.

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John TuckerPartner

John advises many of the world’s leading banks and corporations on international financing transactions and his areas of focus include syndicated lending, secured and structured financings, acquisition, structured trade and project finance and reorganisation work.

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Dan Tyrer Partner

Dan is an experienced energy partner with over 10 years experience. He returned to the London office in 2010 after six years heading up the CIS/Russia energy practice. Daniel has extensive experience advising both borrowers and lenders on all aspects of project financing transactions.

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James ThompsonManaging Associate

James’ practice comprises a mix of equities capital raisings, international mergers and acquisitions and general corporate advice. He is based in our London office, but has spent time on secondment to New York and also practised in Australia for several years before joining Linklaters.

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Stuart ThomasPartner

Stuart co-heads the mainstream banking practice. He acts on a broad range of banking and finance transactions, representing both lenders and borrowers. His experience includes acquisition finance, syndicated and bilateral banking facilities, loans to funds, margin loans and other secured and structured financings.

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Nadia Swann Partner

Nadia has 18 years’ experience advising on all aspects of financial services regulation for investment banks, funds and corporates. She is also experienced in advising futures and commodities brokers and exchanges, advising on exchange dispute resolution and electronic trading issues.

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