Mark Edwards
Partner, Practice Head, Global Loans & Global Markets (UK/US/ME)
London
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Introduction
Heading the Global Loans and Global Markets practices spanning three continents, Mark advises on complex debt financing, financial M&A transactions and balance sheet management programs.
Mark Edwards is a partner in London focusing on international debt financing, restructurings, financial asset M&A, debt trading, balance sheet management, risk transfer programs and the deployment of AI and technology on the delivery of large-scale strategic projects for financial institutions.
Mark has over 25 years of experience of acting on large-scale asset sales and migration programs for major global financial institutions and has undertaken some of the largest transactions of this nature in the European market to date. He also has considerable experience of acting for banking groups and credit funds on structured trades, back-leverage and risk transfer programs. Mark is experienced at leading the design, strategy and implementation of large-scale strategic programs for financial institution transformation, balance sheet management or regulatory compliance purposes.
- A major global banking group | Advised on successful bid, acquisition and workout of a €5 billion distressed commercial real estate debt portfolio secured on real estate assets across 17 jurisdictions worldwide.
- A global credit fund | Advised on a program of bespoke secured structured back-leverage trades on UK and US fund finance and NAV finance credits.
- A leading UK banking group | Advised on the disposal of a £500 million distressed portfolio of UK commercial retail financings.
- A Swiss banking group | Advised on the integrated migration of a €2 billion fund financing book from one banking group to another pursuant to the implementation of a Swiss law merger scheme.
- A major European banking group | Advised on the design and implementation of the banking group's whole balance sheet GBP and USD LIBOR transition program over a three year period deploying legal technology and artificial intelligence to review, analyze and repaper thousands of financial assets.
- A major international banking group | Advised in relation to the sale of the bank's UK commercial real estate financing platform together with a £5 billion performing and non-performing loan book to multiple purchasers.
- A leading European banking group | Advised in relation to the sale of the bank's global shipping finance business together with a $4 billion performing and non-performing loan book to multiple purchasers by way of parallel transactions.
- A Swiss Banking group | Advised on the design and implementation of a group restructuring and asset migration program for £5 billion of balance sheet assets in response to BREXIT.
- A major European banking Group | Advised on the design and implementation of the banking group's ring-fencing program in UK, Europe and USA deploying legal technology to review, analyze and migrate thousands of financial assets over a three year period.
- A major global banking group | Advised on the deployment of legal technology and artificial intelligence across thousands of balance sheet assets to review and analyze collateral positions for regulatory reporting purposes.
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