Testimonial
"I work in the Trusts team, which acts for a variety of commercial, trustee and individual clients, offering the full package of trust-related advice in both transactional and advisory work, as well as traditional private wealth and charities advice."
Overview
Cosima is a Managing Associate in our London-based Trusts team.
Cosima's internationally oriented work focuses on advising commercial, trustee and individual clients on a full range of trusts law and administration, trust-related tax planning and traditional private wealth and charities issues.
The Trusts team have developed many unique and innovative trust and trust-based solutions for clients, leveraging their knowledge of trust law with commercial objectives to deliver clear, practical and often creative strategies for clients.
Work Highlights
- Advising SoftBank Vision Fund I in relation to its US$16bn disposal of its stake in Arm Limited.
- Advising the FIA in relation to the European Agent-Trustee Model, a new client clearing model for Europe.
- Advising on an innovative transaction involving the creation of a trust-based loan origination and sub-participation structure for a major bank (c. US$250m).
- Advising on the re-structuring of a private equity business through a sale from its current trust-owned holding companies to a new foundation vehicle.
- Advising several online investment trading platforms in relation to the structuring and taxation of their custody and brokerage businesses.

