Ashurst

Ashurst is ‘creative in finding legal solutions’, and stands out for its ’flexibility and pragmatic, solution-driven mindset’. Alex Biles leads the global markets team that spans across UK and the US jurisdictions, and he oversees the derivatives and structured products practice led by James Coiley and Michael Logie, who provides ‘excellent pragmatic and commercial advice’. The firm has one of the largest practices in the City, and is a trusted advisor to leading investment banks, as well as a host of major buy-side clients and private capital managers. Among its standout practitioners are Daniel Franks, who handles the full range of complex derivatives, structured finance, securities lending and repos; James Knight, who ’goes above and beyond to ensure his clients are kept happy’ and advises leading investment banks on credit, rates and equity derivatives; and Kerion Ball works on capital-driven synthetic risk transfer transactions, as well as commodity and equity-linked derivatives. Jeffrey Yow is ‘a rising star and a go-to counsel for structured products’.