Clifford Chance
Andrew Coats specialises in advising financial institutions and issuers on a broad range of structured finance products, including repackaging programmes, derivatives, structured securities and retail-targeted securities offerings.
Andrew regularly advises clients on both privately-placed and listed or publicly-offered securities issues and on related requirements under the Prospectus Directive. His practice has long involved the emerging markets.
- Advised Deutsche Bank on a longevity swap with the Trustees of the Rolls-Royce Pension Fund. The contract reduces the longevity risk on approximately GBP£3 billion of the fund's liabilities. Around 37,000 pensioners are covered by the agreement.
News and client work
Contact details
- Clifford Chance, London
- +44 207006 2574
- Email me
- Practice area Financial regulation, Derivatives, Financial services & markets, Global financial markets, Islamic finance
- Sector Banks, Insurance, Funds & investment management
Career and qualifications
- St John's College, Oxford University (BA, Jurisprudence)
- Joined Clifford Chance London 1990
- Admitted as a solicitor in England & Wales 1990
- Associate lawyer in New York office of Clifford Chance 1991
- Admitted as an Attorney-at-Law in New York 1995
- Partner since 1998
Awards and citations
- Finance Team of the Year 2013
Legal Business Awards 2013 - Sources appreciate Andrew Coats's "reassuring presence in meetings and difficult negotiations." He is further praised for his consistency in providing a stellar service to his clients. Deutsche Bank recently engaged him to act on a longevity swap involving up to £3 billion of pension fund liabilities.
Chambers UK 2013