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Mr William Foot

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+353 1 232 2199 william.foot@matheson.com

Work Department

Partner in the Finance and Capital Markets Department

Position

William Foot is a partner in the Finance and Capital Markets Department in Matheson.  William advises financial institutions, asset managers, originators, private equity firms, investment banks, arrangers, issuers, trustees and investors on a range of debt capital markets, securitisation and structured finance transactions.

William has extensive experience in advising on a broad range of transactions involving Irish special purpose vehicles, including securitisations, repackagings, CLOs, corporate bond issuances, asset backed commercial paper issuers, derivatives, repurchase agreements and securities lending.

William also advises clients on Irish prospectus, transparency and market abuse law, and listing queries relating to the listing of debt securities on the Main Securities Market and the Global Exchange Market of Euronext Dublin.

William previously held a number of senior in-house legal roles at regulated entities such as Blackstone Credit and Dell Bank International d.a.c., working on a variety of securitisation, private equity,  credit risk mitigation, revolving credit facility and bond issuance matters, as well as providing regulatory advice relating to MiFID, AIFMD, CRR, EMIR and the Securitisation Regulation.

William is a qualified solicitor and a member of the Law Society of Ireland.

Education

Professional Practice Course, Law Society of Ireland

BA Joint Honours: Economics and French, Cardiff University

Lawyer Rankings

Ireland > Capital markets

Matheson LLP is a leading firm in the DCM, structured finance and securitisation arena, with an excellent track record in advising on several headline matters in the debt capital markets space. Turlough Galvin is a key figure in DCM work; other key names include Richard Kelly, William Foot and CLO expert Christian Donagh, who also handles structured finance, securitisation and repackaging programmes. Micheál Buckley is also singled out for his expertise in the DCM arena. On the ECM side, the department continues to handle a steady workflow of transactions, and is particularly well known for its expertise in de-SPAC transactions. George Brady, David Jones, Fergus Bolster, and David Fitzgibbon are key partners in equity matters. Eoin Shiel and Niamh Sheerin have left the firm.

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