International law firm Bryan Cave LLP has announced a new partner appointment to its Financial Services Group in London. Rachel Kelly joins from Macfarlanes, where she had been head of Structured Finance and Capital Markets for four years, having previously been a partner in Clifford Chance’s structured debt group for 14 years. The appointment – which comes within weeks of two other lateral hires to the Financial Services Group in London – further enhances Bryan Cave’s experience in this sector.
Consistently ranked by Chambers & Partners and Legal 500 and having won “best in Structured Finance (including securitisation and derivatives)” at the Euromoney Legal Media Group Europe Women in Business Law Awards 2014, as well as winning a Dealmaker of the Year award from Finance Monthly in 2014, Kelly brings more than two decades of experience from major international and U.K. law firms where she has specialised in structured finance and debt capital markets, becoming a recognised industry name and market leader in securitisations and CLOs.
Kelly advises clients ranging from major investment banks and corporates to private equity houses, investment managers and alternative lenders, in relation to a very wide range of structured finance and debt capital markets work, including real estate finance, infrastructure and project finance, and liability management.
Kelly’s appointment follows the recent hire of Alycia Riccobono, a U.S.-qualified counsel, and Lukasz Napieraj, an associate, both specialising in corporate trustee work, to Bryan Cave’s Financial Services Group in London.
Carol Osborne, managing partner of Bryan Cave London, commented: “Over the years, we have built a very strong financial services practice in the U.S., and it is now time to expand our U.K. service offering. The appointment of Rachel Kelly with her outstanding experience and global client contacts will support and enhance Bryan Cave’s financial services offering in London as we continue to register a strong growth in demand from U.S. and U.K.-based financial institutions.”
Kelly commented: “I am delighted to be joining Bryan Cave as it seeks to expand its financial services offering in London. This is an exciting opportunity for me to further develop my practice from a high calibre, fully integrated U.S./UK platform.”
Source: www.bryancave.com
