Advising:

• JPMorgan, Citigroup, Barclays, BNPP and Lloyds – on Cube’s the acquisition of Acin, the London-headquartered RegTech and operational risk AI provider, involving a sale of the banks’ shareholdings in Acin and rollover investment into the Cube led platform to support the enlarged group
• NIBC Bank – on its US$1 billion sale to Hamburg Commercial Bank of its shipping finance platform
• HSBC – on the sale of its South African branch banking business to FirstRand Bank
• HSBC - on the disposal of its hedge fund administration businesses in Bahrain, Hong Kong, Ireland, Luxembourg and Singapore to BNP Paribas 
• Societe Generale - on its partnership with Eurazeo to create an innovative maritime transition fund
• BNP  Paribas - on its co-investment with Goldman Sachs in Finality International's Series B Funding round
• Patrizia AG – on its acquisition of Whitehelm, the global infrastructure asset manager group, from shareholders including institutional investor Challenger Group
• DVB Bank – on the £5.6 billion sale of its aviation finance division to Japan's Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group
• Piraeus Bank – on the sale of its Albanian bank, Tirana Bank, to Balfin; and on the sale of multiple non-performing exposure (NPE) portfolios to Davidson Kempner and others as part of the bank's NPE reduction programme
• SG Hambros Bank – on its acquisition of Kleinwort Benson Bank's business by way of Part VII FSMA banking business transfer
• Barclays Bank Plc – on the US$2.8bn sell-down of Barclays' 62 percent shareholding in JSE-listed Barclays Africa Group Limited, and on the related bank separation arrangements
• HSBC – the independent banking representative on the review and implementation of HSBC's structural reform proposals to comply with ICB's ring-fencing recommendations
• Barclays Bank Plc – on the sale of its French retail banking and wealth management business to ANA Cap Financial Partners

• Lloyds Bank Plc – on its £37bn reduction of capital in connection with its ring-fencing implementation; and on the restructuring of its non-core assets book, including several shipping and aviation loan portfolio disposals.