Tim Bates

Tim Bates

Partner

Tim advises corporate trustees and agents on the full spectrum of debt capital markets and loan transactions – across product, sector and geography.

He advises throughout the lifecycle of deals, from initial funding to refinancings, liability management exercises, domestic and cross-border defaults, restructurings and insolvencies and litigation matters involving trustees. His product experience includes digital/crypto-linked bond issuances, securitisations (including MBS, ABS and whole business), CLOs, fund financing, project and infrastructure finance, structured finance, high yield, leveraged and acquisition finance, aviation and other asset finance, repacks, real estate finance, and international bond issues (including corporate debt and convertibles).

Tim also advises clients on large scale projects, often technology aided, related to regulatory compliance and other market events (such as LIBOR discontinuation), as well as advising clients on their digital transformation projects and adoption of tech.

Experience

Representative matters

Advising a global financial institution on the High Court and Court of Appeal proceedings relating to the Duchess VI CLO ([2020] EWCA Civ 521).

Advising a global financial institution on the establishment of the first mainstream digital bond platform in the market and subsequent digital bond issuances on the platform.

Advising global financial institutions on their LIBOR remediation project globally, from scoping and strategy to executing transition on individual deals.

Advising trustees on the migration of over 70 CLO transactions (c. EUR25bn) from The Netherlands to Ireland.

Pro bono

Mentoring young people through the firm’s award-winning Smart Start programme.

Member of the Social Impact committee.

Disclaimer
A&O Shearman was formed on May 1, 2024 by the combination of Shearman & Sterling LLP and Allen & Overy LLP and their respective affiliates (the legacy firms). Any matters referred to above may include matters undertaken by one or more of the legacy firms rather than A&O Shearman.