HSBC: advising HSBC on its selection by HM Treasury as the platform provider for the UK government’s Digital Gilt Instrument (DIGIT) pilot issuance. See press release
Go Cardless: advising on its proposed acquisition by Mollie, one of Europe’s fastest-growing financial services providers, for €1.1 billion ($1.28 billion). See press release
Brookfield: advising a Brookfield led consortium on its £2.2bn recommended cash offer and regulatory aspects for Network International Holdings Plc, a leading provider of digital payment solutions in the Middle East and Africa. See press release
OTCDerivNet Ltd: advising a consortium of13 leading global banks on the £1.15bn sell-down of interest in SwapClear and acquisition of a 20% stake in Post Trade Solutions (a division of LSEG which provides risk management and optimisation services to the uncleared derivatives market) for £170m. See press release
Mirae Asset Securities: advising HSBC as lead manager and the fiscal agent on its dual-currency inaugural digitally native bond issuance, the first digital bond in Korea. See press release
Regulated Liability Network: advising UK Finance leading a consortium of eleven of its members on the experimentation phase of its groundbreaking RLN project which involved, through to successful completion. The RLN is a new type of DLT based financial market infrastructure that can deliver new capabilities for payments and settlement, including tokenisation and programmability. See press release
Hong Kong SAR Government: advising the joint lead managers and the trustee on the successful offering of HK$800m tokenised green bond by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China (HKSAR Government) which utilises the GS DAP platform
Euroclear Bank D-FMI: advising Euroclear Bank on the establishment of its Digital Financial Market Infrastructure a flagship and market‑leading platform enabling the issuance and settlement of digitally native securities
European Investment Bank: advising on the issuance of its €100,000,000 0.000% Notes due 2023 registered in the Ethereum public blockchain, representing the euro market's first multi-dealer led, primary issuance of notes recorded to a public blockchain and settled against CBDC tokens issued by the Banque de France
A consortium on Project Jura: advising on a cross-border wholesale CBDC settlement experiment involving euro CBDC, Swiss franc CBDC and digital financial instruments on a delivery-versus-payment basis, including drafting the rulebooks for each digital network
Fnality: advising a global consortium of banks and other financial intuitions on the establishment of a joint venture company as part of the wider global virtual currency project to enable central banks to issue cryptocurrencies on distributed ledgers (Utility Settlement Coin). Including advising on the arrangements for the establishment and funding of the Fnality legal entities and their longer-term governance arrangements
