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Mr Glenn Weston
Position
Counsel
Career
Glenn Weston is a counsel in Dechert’s global finance team in London.
Mr. Weston’s main area of practice is within the field of securitisation, with a particular focus on CLOs. He has worked on both the buy- and sell-side of transactions, acting for numerous arrangers, collateral managers and third-party equity financial providers in connection with a variety of European CLO transactions and associated loan warehouse facilities.
Before joining Dechert, Mr. Weston trained and worked at two leading U.S. law firms. He was also seconded for nine months to a leading European investment bank where he acted as the sole in-house counsel for their European CLO trading desk.
Mr. Weston is admitted to practice in England and Wales.
Education
- Durham University, B.Sc., Cellular Biology, 2002, First Class (Hons), Cellular Biology Prize (awarded for coming first in the year in the field of Cellular Biology), John Norton Prize (award for coming first in the year if the field of Biological Sciences)
- University of Cambridge, Ph.D., Immunology, 2007, Received BBSRC CASE scholarship (with industry placement)
- BPP University, GDL, 2009, Commendation
- BPP University, LPC, 2010, Distinction
Lawyer Rankings
London > Finance > Securitisation
Dechert LLP has a large global finance practice, for which securitisation is a key source of work. Head of structured finance and real estate Aparna Sehgal oversees the London office’s securitisation work, for which John McGrath and Richard Pugh are the standout partners. Noteworthy new additions to the team include Aaron Scott, a structured finance and securitisation specialist who heads up the firm’s CLO offering, where he is assisted by counsel Glenn Weston and associate Rory O’Connor. Consequently, the firm has seen growth in CLO transactions and repo securitisations, though it also continued to advise on a wide variety of structures. McGrath and Weston acted for Palmer Square Europe Capital Management LLC in the establishment of a warehouse financing facility, and the issuance of €503m in CLO notes backed by a portfolio of primarily senior secured loans, senior secured bonds, unsecured senior loans, second lien loans, mezzanine obligations and high yield bonds. They also assisted the same client with a €389m CLO deal that included the ‘uptier priming’ concept, which is a new feature in the CLO market.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Employment > Senior executives
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
Firm Rankings
- Investment fund formation and management > Hedge funds
- Finance > Acquisition finance
- Finance > Debt capital markets
- Finance > Derivatives and structured products
- Industry focus > Emerging markets
- Employment > Employers
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- Corporate and commercial > Partnership
- Real estate > Property finance
- Finance > Securitisation
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- Insurance > Insurance and reinsurance litigation
- Investment fund formation and management > Private funds
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions – high-value deals (£500m+)
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Upper Mid-Market And Premium Deals, £750m+