Law firm Sidley Austin has added Antony Bryceson to its London office as counsel in the investment funds, advisers and derivatives practice.
Bryceson will focus his practice on advising clients on prime brokerage, custody, securities lending, repurchase and OTC derivatives trading agreements and structured transactions involving derivatives.
Bryceson will work closely with the firm’s funds, structured finance and derivatives practices in London, and with Sidley’s prime brokerage practice in the US, to provide integrated New York and English law capability in relation to prime brokerage and trading documentation issues.
London partner Bruce Gardner (pictured) says: “Antony has a leading reputation in the field of prime brokerage and trading documentation, structured transactions and related derivatives work for hedge funds and other market users.”
Bryceson adds: “Sidley is a world class firm with a very strong reputation in both the investment funds and finance fields. I believe that, together with colleagues in the U.S. and Asia, the London practice will be able to offer clients a genuinely integrated global capability. I am delighted to be joining such a strong team, and I look forward to playing my part in the expansion of the practice.”
Bryceson was previously with Simmons & Simmons, where he led the group which advised end-user clients, in particular hedge funds, on prime brokerage, derivatives and trading documentation, and asset protection issues.
The announcement follows the hires of partners Gardner and David Hinds and counsel Barry Breen in 2008.
