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Tamara Box, previously a partner with Tite & Lewis, joins Lovells' international capital markets practice today, Tuesday 11 February, as a partner based in London specialising in securitisation work. It is the third partner appointment to the practice area in the last twelve months, following the election of Brian Carne and Tauhid Ijaz in May and November 2002 respectively, and brings the total to 14 partners worldwide.

Tamara, who is admitted to the New York State bar as well as a solicitor in England and Wales, was Head of the Finance Practice in the London office of Tite & Lewis. Previously she had been with Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, initially in Singapore and then in London, and with Coudert Brothers in New York and Singapore. Her practice has been focused on work for investment banks, notably Credit Suisse First Boston and Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein, and for The Bank of New York.

Over the last nine years, Lovells has developed a strong practice in structured debt capital markets work, with a particular emphasis on securitisations and repackagings. The securitisation team in London (which works particularly closely with BNP Paribas, CSFB, Lehman Brothers, Nomura and Rothschilds, on the investment banking side, plus Britannic Money, First Active, Ford Credit, Matlock Bank and RHM, amongst originators) will now number six partners and 18 assistants.

"We focus on high added-value capital markets products, particularly securitisations and repackagings. More than half of this work is now for investment banks rather than originators - and this latest investment in our team is designed to help us strengthen these client relationships.

"Tamara, who advises on transactions under both New York and English law, will be a huge asset to us in London, extending the range of transactions on which we can act and complementing our team of US lawyers in the finance practice, which was recently augmented by the arrival of Russell daSilva in New York."

"There comes a moment, in almost any client relationship, when it is helpful to offer wider resources - clients tend to want ever more sophisticated advice in related practice areas, or advice in yet more jurisdictions. At Lovells all of this is on tap, as part of a global team. I have no doubt that clients who have worked with me in the past and do so again will appreciate the benefits, particularly on cutting edge work in the securitisation and structured finance arena."

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