Lovells

• acting for John Lewis in relation to the sale of its store card business to HSBC Bank plc and contractual joint venture for the provision of the Partnership card to John Lewis customers
  

• acting for House of Fraser (Stores) Limited in relation to a joint venture with Barclaycard for the provision of a credit and store card to House of Fraser customers

• acting for Lloyds TSB as respondent to proceedings brought by the OFT for a declaration on whether connected lender liability under Section 75 of the Consumer Credit Act 1974 extends to overseas card transactions

• acting for Royal Bank of Scotland on the outsourcing of US card processing to Total Systems Services Inc

• acting on major projects for Barclays Bank, Egg Banking, GE Capital Bank and Lloyds TSB for implementing the new regulatory regime for consumer credit and distance marketing throughout their businesses.

Investment funds

• acting for Merrill Lynch Investment Managers, Threadneedle and Rockspring on the "migration" of 9 property unit trusts to Jersey

• acting for HHG on the establishment of the Henderson Central London Office Fund and the Henderson Shop Fund

• acting for Martin Currie on the establishment of a China "A" Share Fund

• acting in connection with the launch of Bedlam Funds, an Irish umbrella UCITS

• acting on various transactions for the INVESCO range of investment trusts.

• acting for Winterthur/Credit Suisse on the disposal of Churchill Insurance to Royal Bank of Scotland

• acting for AMP on its demerger and London listing of AMP's Northern hemisphere operations, HHG

• acting for Sanlam on its acquisition of Merchant Investors Assurance Company from Allianz

• acting for Swiss Re on the acquisition of Life Assurance Holding Corporation

• acting for Randall & Quilter Investment Holdings on its acquisition of various reinsurance businesses from ACE

• acting for a number of clients on transfers of insurance and banking business under Part VII of FSMA, including Aviva, ACE, Everest Re, UnumProvident and Union Bank of Nigeria.

• acting on a variety of outsourcing transactions for major life insurers including Aviva, Barclays, Prudential, Britannic, Fleming Family and Partners, HHG, Swiss Re, Liverpool Victoria and Equitable Life.

Finance

• acting for the Barclays group on the securitisation of the embedded value of Barclays Life

• acting for JP Morgan and a 10-member banking syndicate in relation to a syndicated letter of credit facility for the Lloyd's subsidiaries of Canopius Holdings UK

• acting for Lloyds TSB on a number of liquidity and letter of credit facilities

• acting for various clients on proposals for an embedded value securitisation and on the use by UK life assurers of credit derivatives.

Regulatory

• advising various clients on implementing the FSA's 'Risk Mitigation Programmes'

• undertaking 'compliance audits' of clients across the sector

• advising various clients on quasi-disciplinary matters such as 'Reports of Skilled Persons'

• designing and implementing Distribution Arrangements to comply with the FSA's new de-polarisation regime

• acting for Winterthur Life on the amendment of its scheme made under Schedule 2C to the Insurance Companies Act 1982

• acting for the Society of Lloyd's on proposals for alleviating the funding strain on syndicates in meeting US situs reserving requirements

• acting for Quanta Capital Holdings Ltd. (Bermuda) on the establishment of its Lloyd's operations

• advising with-profits funds on regulatory matters, including new solvency rules and on Principles and Practices of Financial Management

• acting for BACS (now Voca) on the introduction of its award winning new PKI-based delivery channel, BACSTEL-IP, including the development of the rules and related documentation underpinning its operation

• acting for various pension funds, insurers and reinsurers on their custody, stock lending and related arrangements and on alternative investments such as credit default swaps, hedge funds and private equity funds.