Former A&O Tax Partner, Mark Brailsford, joins Dewey LeBoeuf in London as Counsel
Mark Brailsford has joined Dewey LeBoeuf in London this month as Counsel. He was formerly a tax partner at A&O but left the Firm in May 2011.
Mr. Brailsford advises financial institutions, multinational corporations and venture capital and debt funds on the taxation of their cross-border transactions, capital markets offerings, financing transactions and financial products.
Representative Matters
Acting for the issuer and the Nationwide Building Society in structuring the Silverstone Master Issuer PLC £32bn asset-backed note programme.
Acting for the issuer and (originally) Halifax Bank PLC (latterly) Lloyds Banking Group in structuring (among others) the Permanent £45bn asset-backed note series and the £12bn Pendeford asset-backed note series.
Acting for the issuer and Lloyds Banking group in structuring the £40bn Arkle asset-backed note issuance series.
Acting for the arranging banks in structuring the £2.5bn asset-backed note issuance by Telereal Securitisation plc.
Acting for the arranging banks in structuring the PPP financing and securitisation for Tube Lines (Finance) plc.
Acting for the arranging banks in structuring the securitisation-based refinancing of the Skynet 5 satellite project.
Acting for the Mitchells & Butlers Group in relation to the Mitchells & Butlers retail securitization.
Acting for the arranging banks in structuring the £5bn refinancing of Gatwick Airport via Gatwick Funding Limited.
Acting for the arranging banks in structuring various CMBS issuances by Canary Wharf Finance PLC and Canary Wharf Finance II Plc relating to the Canary Wharf estate.
Acting for the arranging banks in structuring the CMBS issuances by Tesco Finance 1,2,3 and 4.
Acting for the financing banks to the £3.6bn acquisition of Angel Trains by an equity consortium.
Acting for the acquiring entities in relation to the £2.1bn purchase of HSBC Rail.
Mr. Brailsford has also acted for a large number of high-profile UK, US and European financial institutions in relation to private financing transactions, some of which have required a high degree of structuring in order to achieve the desired outcome from a tax perspective.
Memberships
HM Revenue & Customs’ ‘IAS 39′ working group
Chairman, London Legal League
Honorary Solicitor to the AFA and Elected Vice-President of the AFA
Education
College of Law, Chester, 1987, Solicitors’ Final Examination, Honours (2nd Class)
University of Cambridge, 1986, M.A. (Law), Class 2:1
Bar Admissions
Solicitor, England and Wales