Esther Lemmon
Counsel
London
Esther Lemmon
Counsel
London
Contact Details
Esther has extensive experience across the full range of domestic and international financing transactions including the taxation of securitisations, CLOs, leveraged finance transactions, bond issuances, repos and derivatives.
Esther has a particular focus on the private credit and financial institutions sectors. She specialises in the tax aspects of investment grade and leveraged acquisition finance and she has advised on all major types of private investments, including unitranche, senior, second-lien, mezzanine and PIK debt financings. A significant part of her practice also covers advising debt funds, private equity firms, financial institutions and corporates on the tax aspects of a broad range of asset-backed finance transactions (including CMBS and RMBS) and she is highly experienced in advising sellers and buyers on cross border debt portfolio disposals and related financings.
Esther is co-head of A&O's Gender Equality Network in London. Within this forum, she advocates for a wider diversity agenda, seeking to ensure that women from all backgrounds are represented and supported.
Qualifications
Professional
Academic
MChem, Oxford University, 2004
Post Graduate Diploma, Law, BPP London 2005
LPC, BPP London 2006
Experience highlights
Advising Eurohypo on its EUR292.5m credit facility for financing the restructuring of the Brightsea portfolio.
Advising BSkyB on the disposal of Easynet Group Limited to the management team backed by Lloyds TSB Development Capital Ltd (LDC).
Advising Thomson Reuters on the acquisition of the London-based tax software business, Abacus Enterprise, from Deloitte LLP, in one of its tax and accounting division's largest moves beyond its US home market.
Advising Sal. Oppenheim Jr. & Cie S.C.A on the acquisition of the majority of hedge fund business of Integrated Asset Management plc (IAM).
Qualifications
Professional
Academic
MChem, Oxford University, 2004
Post Graduate Diploma, Law, BPP London 2005
LPC, BPP London 2006
