Morgan, Lewis & Bockius UK LLP
At Morgan, Lewis & Bockius UK LLP, ‘the high-quality team provides advice on some of the most cutting-edge structured finance transactions’. The firm has a deep bench of experienced partners, among them the ‘first-class lawyer’ Merryn Craske, who is ‘extremely well known in factoring securitisation transactions’. She advises banks, originators, alternative investment funds, private equity firms, and other market participants in relation to securitisation and structured finance transactions in a range of asset classes. Richard Hanson, who ‘thinks laterally to get good client outcomes’, frequently advises alternative investment funds and asset managers on structured finance and securitisations. He assisted Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc. with a £1bn back leverage revolving facility structure. Theresa Kradjian and Lisa Cargill are also heavily involved in the portfolio sales, warehouse financings, asset-backed commercial paper conduits and pan-European funding platforms.
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‘This high-quality team provides advice on some of the most cutting-edge structured finance transactions. The team has a strong market reputation in structured credit products and ABS.’
‘I worked a lot with a first-class lawyer Merryn Craske, she is commended for her expert handling of ABS. She is extremely well known also in factoring securitisation transaction and in general she is held in high regard for her expertise in structured finance’
'Rick Hanson is excellent and thinks laterally to get good client outcomes.'
Key clients
- Avenue Capital
- Banco Santander
- Bank of America
- Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc
- BNP Paribas
- Cerberus Capital Management/Cerberus European Investments/CHL Mortgages
- Cheyne Capital
- Citigroup Global Markets and Citibank N.A., London Branch
- Clydesdale Bank/Virgin Money
- EFG International/EFG Private Bank
- GE Capital
- J.P. Morgan Chase Bank
- J.P. Morgan Securities
- Merrill Lynch International
- M&G Investment Management
- NewDay Cards
- Roundshield Partners
- Waterfall Asset Management
Work highlights
- Advised banks, as Arrangers and Lead Managers, on Clydesdale/Lanark’s RMBS master trust programme update and 2022 issuances.
- Advised Blackstone Mortgage Trust on a back leverage revolving facility involving European commercial real estate debt.
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