Leading international law firm Clifford Chance has advised Link Fund Solutions Limited on the sale of its UK authorised funds management business (excluding its liabilities relating to its management of the LF Woodford Equity Income Fund) to the Waystone Group.

The Clifford Chance team was led by Corporate partner Alanna Hunter with support from senior associate Dan Bomsztyk and associates Caoimhin Eastwood, Alice Butcher and Mitchell Paul. Cross-practice support was provided by partners Carlos Conceicao, Ian Moulding and Chris Ingham, and senior associates Lydia Tuckey and Ryan Byrne (Litigation and Dispute Resolution); partner Caroline Dawson and senior associate Laura Douglas (Regulatory); partner Alastair Windass and senior associate Alistair Green (Employment); senior associate Mark Comber (Transitional Services); partners Philip Hertz, Tim Lees, senior associate Jeanette Best and associate Will Steel (Restructuring); partner Don McCombie and senior associate Alex Walker (Intellectual Property); and partner Richard Kalaher, senior associate Eli Bursky and Director of VAT Simon Corzberg (Tax).

The sale forms part of a wider disposal by the Link Group of its Fund Solutions business to the Waystone Group.