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Advised leading crypto exchange-traded product (ETP) issuer, on the FCA's approval of their prospectus for issuing cryptocurrency-linked exchange traded notes (cETNs) to both professional and retail investors in the UK. This marked the first retail cETN programme approved by the FCA since it officially lifted its four-year ban on retail access to crypto ETNs in early October 2025.
Advised Aviva Investment Funds on the Part VII insurance business transfer of its UK individual protection business to Royal London.
Foresters Friendly Society
Advised Foresters Friendly Society, a mutual insurance provider on the proposed transfer of its UK insurance business to Shepherds Friendly.
Advised The Norton Group, a financial services provider, on securing a £230m senior warehouse facility with Citi, supporting the growth of its Norton Home Loans business across the first and second charge mortgage markets.
Southern Rock Insurance Company Limited and Alywn Insurance Company Limited
Advised Southern Rock Insurance Company Limited and Alwyn Insurance Company Limited, subsidiaries of Arch Re, on the successful completion of an insurance business transfer under Part VII of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000.
Advised a group of 11 lenders with Barclays Bank PLC as agent on the refinancing of the Radius Business Solutions group of companies, a major international fleet services and connectivity business headquartered in the north-west of England.
Acting for the BVP Green Transition Fund on an investment in Bleeperbike.
Advised a major UK bank on a £50m investment term loan facility to finance the acquisition of a prime London property.
Advised two UK clearing banks, on a £20m increase to an existing loan agreement to finance an acquisition.
Advised the trustee of a defined benefit pension scheme on a £700 million+ buy-in and subsequent buy-out, including the transfer of active members to a newly established scheme to enable continued accrual and the securing of discretionary pension increases for pensioners.
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Multinational law firm Pinsent Masons has advised developer Ghelamco on the €285 million sale of The Bridge, a landmark Warsaw office tower.
Multinational law firm Pinsent Masons is advising Manchester Storm on its move to the AO Arena, helping secure the UK ice hockey club's return to the arena it last called home in 2002.
Multinational law firm Pinsent Masons has appointed Fred Nicolle as a partner in its Intellectual Property (IP) team in London, strengthening the firm's European patents and life sciences offering.
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