Simmons & Simmons

At Simmons & Simmons, ‘the advice has been outstanding’, according to clients. The firm has a deep bench of experienced lawyers, who cover the entire waterfront of structured finance, from complex structured products to simple derivatives hedging. Its clients include big players on both the buy side and the sell side. Craig Bisson is head of derivatives and trading, while Michael Lorraine leads the structured finance and derivatives group. Bisson focuses on financial services law and regulation, with a focus on investments. Market stalwart Paul Browne recently advised UBS on a first-of-a-kind carbon finance transaction. Synthetic securitisation expert Matthew Monahan acted for PGGM in a risk-sharing transaction referencing a portfolio of up to PLN 7bn of corporate loans. Monahan is a key adviser to global investment banks on repackaging trades, as is the ’practical and technically excellent’ Eucharia Bragg. The ‘highly efficient and always available’ Oliver West, and the ’enormously helpful’ Marcin Perzanowski also play pivotal roles in the practice. Joseph Wren has recently joined the firm.