Schulte Roth & Zabel International LLP has established a firm foothold in the European CLO market thanks to the vast experience of Martin Sharkey, who has 'good product knowledge and is highly responsive'. The 'commercial and very client-friendly' Stuart Axford is a recognised expert in the securitisation of many types of assets, including residential and commercial mortgages, auto loans, aircraft, sports loans, supply chain finance, cryptocurrencies and NFTs. Polly O’Brien is a key adviser to hedge funds, private equity funds, litigation funders, speciality finance companies and investment banks.
Testimonials
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‘Martin Sharkey has good cashflow CLO product knowledge and is highly responsive when required. His associate team has improved over the last 18 months or so and there are some good mid-level associates in the team.’
‘James Winterlich is user-friendly.’
‘Great partner access and responsiveness. The team is technically very knowledgeable and also extremely commercial.’
‘Stuart Axford – highly experienced capital markets partner with deep industry knowledge and high technical knowledge, commercial and very client-friendly. Hannah Samuels – very responsive, client friendly, technically strong.’
‘Good knowledge of esoteric assets and bespoke structuring techniques.’
‘Stuart Axford – accessible, responsive and very knowledgeable across the board.’
‘SRZ has a very strong and knowledgeable securitisation team in London. We have had excellent experience working with them recently.’
‘Martin Sharkey (partner) – very bright, knowledgeable and pragmatic securitisation counsel.’
Key clients
- Barings (U.K.) Limited
- GoldenTree Asset Management LP
Work highlights
- Advised Barings (U.K.) Ltd as CLO manager on Barings’ Euro 2023-2 CLO, which was arranged by Jefferies International Ltd, with NatWest Markets plc acting as co-placement agent (€400m).
- Represented GoldenTree Loan Management II, LP as CLO manager on the client’s first 2023 CLO, which was arranged by Bank of America and Wells Fargo (€411m).
- Advised Barings (U.K.) Ltd as CLO manager on Barings’ Euro 2023-1 CLO, which was arranged by Goldman Sachs (€400m).