There are two points that must be made in order to get you from where this idea started to where it is today and why we believe we are in a great position to put this project into practice.  It is not as though I will know if you skip the next two paragraphs to get there but if you do not, there is a point to all this.

The First:  We offer our services to people not to the titles they hold.  The titleholders that formed a large part of our client base leading up to September 2008 moved on while their titles were extinguished.  When those very titleholders resurfaced elsewhere in different roles yet still very much operating in the capital markets, we were purposefully in a position where the whole of our team had the ability to advise all such parties even if increasingly from a different perspective. 
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Further to proposals by the European Securities and Markets Authority (“ESMA”), the Prospectus Directive regime in Europe, particularly the requirements in relation to the form of prospectuses, transaction summaries, final terms and supplements have undergone some major changes. These changes have been brought about by amending the Prospectus Directive and the Commission Regulation (EC) No 809/2004 (the “Amending Regulations”), which came into effect on 1 July 2012. As a result, issuers with established programmes or those looking to establish new programmes will have to carefully consider the implications of the new requirements.
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