Practice
Ian Harvey-Samuel is a partner in the London office of Shearman & Sterling where he specialises in structured finance, capital markets and derivatives transactions and related restructurings. Ian joined Shearman & Sterling in 2007 from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer where he had been a partner since 1997. Ian was based in Asia between 1991 and 2001.

Ian Harvey-Samuel is highly praised for his commerciality and creativity: “His imaginative structuring of funding solutions is impressive, and he brings a lot of innovation to the table.” (Chambers Global 2009).

• ICE Clear Europe on its central clearing activities
• Banks and hedge funds on numerous matters related to the Lehman bankruptcy
• Banks on matters related to the Madoff fraud
• Various banks on restructurings of ABS and other complex credit portfolios, including SIVs
• Hedge funds on prime brokerage arrangements
• Funders and borrowers on asset-based lending arrangements
• Managers and Trustees on various straight and structured bond issues and security trustee appointments