Dennis Dillon > Hogan Lovells International LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Hogan Lovells International LLP
ATLANTIC HOUSE
HOLBORN VIADUCT
LONDON
EC1A 2FG
England

Work Department

International Debt Capital Markets

Position

Partner

Career

Dennis Dillon is a New York-qualified lawyer who has practiced in London and Asia for over 20 years, he works with banks, pensions, funds, and corporations in a wide range of financing and regulatory matters where his cross-border experience helps clients translate differences between deal structures and regulatory matters across jurisdictions. Prior to moving to London in 2001, Dennis worked in Singapore, Washington D.C., and New York.

Dennis’ main area of practice is structured finance transactions, primarily related to commercial paper conduits and their bank sponsors, but he also has wide-ranging experience in corporate and structured finance transactions, including acquisitions and joint ventures, asset-based financings, project finance, commodity and investment funds, note offerings, and restructuring of financing transactions. With the on-going tide of regulatory changes, Dennis also regularly advises structured finance, derivatives, and fund clients on how the regulatory changes will impact their activities. He regularly speaks at industry conferences on regulatory matters affecting securitisation and asset-backed commercial paper programs.

Dennis is a member of the bar of New York State and the District of Columbia and is a registered foreign lawyer.

Languages

English

Memberships

American Bar Association

Bar of New York State and the District of Columbia

Education

J.D., Columbia Law School, 1988

B.A., Texas Christian University, 1982

Lawyer Rankings

London > Finance > Securitisation

At Hogan Lovells International LLP, ‘the team is composed of exceptional individuals with a deep knowledge of what is needed to deliver a trade receivables securitisation‘. The firm’s work encompasses a broad range of ABS transactions, with a growing presence in mortgage-backed structures, and clients note that the partners are ‘really solution-driven and try always to strike the right balance from the start‘. Standout partner Julian Craughan has a particular focus on consumer and SME assets, including residential, automotive, lease, buy-now-pay-later and unsecured loan securitisations. He advised UK mortgage lender Enra Specialist Finance on a forward flow transaction backed by buy-to-let mortgage loans. Prominent partner Tauhid Ijaz assisted warehouse lender, seller and retention holder Apollo Asset Management with a €365m Dutch RMBS deal, which is a prime example of the firm’s growing role in residential mortgage transactions. Newly promoted partner David Palmer has ‘very deep subject matter expertise and an ability to focus in on the key issues‘.  He worked with US-qualified partner Dennis Dillon on the £120m financing of a warehouse for SME merchants originated by Liberis Limited.