Investments & Capital Markets

ISDAs, securities lending, and investment matters

Trading and derivatives documentation, legal aspects of investment, and the loan and financing documentation.

Areas we cover

Investments

  • ISDAs and CSAs
  • GMRAs and GMSLAs
  • Prime brokerage agreements
  • NDAs

Derivatives, trading, securities lending and prime brokerage, and associated disclosures in investment management agreements and fund documents. Market abuse, class actions and investment eligibility sit here too.

Portfolio Investments

  • Term sheets
  • Due diligence reports
  • Share purchase agreements
  • Board resolutions

Red flag legal due diligence on the target, scoped to the terms and materiality threshold the GP sets, then the share purchase agreement and the conditions tracked through to completion and filing.

Corporate Financing

  • Loan agreements
  • Intra-group facility agreements
  • Debentures
  • Joint venture agreements

Lending and group debt: facility and intra-group loan agreements, restructuring of inter-company balances, and cross-border acquisitions of private companies and real estate.

Matters we have run

ISDA and CSA negotiations run to execution for every legal entity

Mutual Life Insurance and Pensions Company

1,001-5,000Global team size
15+In-house legal team

External legal spend brought under fixed costs for all outsourced work

Brief

EMIR initial and variation margin, securities lending agency arrangements, GMRAs and GMSLAs

Outcome

Position and negotiation trackers that keep terms consistent across agreements

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Recognition

  1. 2026
  2. 2025
    • Heroes Role Model ListsFeatured in the Executive Role Model List
  3. 2023
  4. 2022
    • Women in Investment AwardsNominated for Role Model of the YearNominated for Mentor of the Year
  5. 2021
  6. 2019
  7. 2018
  8. 2017
  9. 2016
Legal Sustainability Alliance member 2026

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