Lovells' financial institutions group is recognised as a market leader around the world. The group advises many of the world's leading financial services groups, including insurance and asset management companies, banks and lenders, investment funds, other market participants and service providers.
The group's clients include Abbey, AEGON, Allianz, AXA, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Barclays, BNP Paribas, Citibank, DTCC, Equitable Life, Fleming Family and Partners, GAM, GE Global Consumer Finance, HBOS, HSBC, ING, Invesco, LV=, Lloyds TSB, National Australia Group, Prudential, Standard Chartered, Swiss Re and Zurich.
The group is also well known to financial services sector regulators in the jurisdictions in which it operates. The group comprises over 40 partners and 80 associates based throughout Europe, Asia, the Middle East and the US and is supported by specialists in tax, competition, litigation, business restructuring and insolvency and IT with experience of financial institutions.
A key feature of the financial institutions group is the combination of regulatory, product, corporate and commercial lawyers in the same group, which creates a genuinely industry-focused service in relation to matters as diverse as the establishment of investment funds, insurance finance, consumer finance, outsourcing, product distribution and payment systems as well as mergers and acquisitions in the financial services sector.
Recent comments made by legal directories and other commentators on Lovells' financial institutions group include:
"Lovells LLP offers a breadth of expertise in financial services matters which few firms can rival"
Legal 500
"When it comes to the insurance market Lovells is head and shoulders above its rivals"
The Lawyer
"Well equipped to offer the full spectrum of services to a wide range of providers, Lovells comfortably retains its position at the top end of the consumer finance market representing prominent clients"
Chambers Guide to the Legal Profession
"[Lovells' investment funds] group is known for its strong profile in listed funds and "seamless execution" structuring funds throughout Europe"
Chambers Guide to the Legal Profession
"This firm’s corporate insurance practice provides “an exemplary and enviable model” for the market, and the team has won itself considerable acclaim amongst market analysts"
Chambers Guide to the Legal Profession