Ms Claudine Meredith-Goujon > Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile

The ‘incredible’ structured finance team at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP has an ‘encyclopedic knowledge’ of a broad range of securitizations, counselling clients on innovative and complex transactions that involve a wide array of asset classes, including franchises, trade receivables and patent royalties. Jordan Yarett leads the predominantly New York-based team on whole business and asset-backed securitizations as well as being active advising state utility commission boards on utility stranded bonds and energy recovery bonds. The group shows skill in finance issues relating to the media and entertainment industry, with Robert Zochowski providing a key contact for clients concerned with film, television and sport financing deals. Charles Pesant is a standout figure for his experience in the securitization of diamond assets, recently advising Pluczenik Diamond Company in their inaugural cross-border inventory-based securitization, as well as having a broad knowledge of various esoteric assets. Claudine Meredith-Goujon is intimately familiar with securitizations concerning intellectual property as well as internet law issues, while Lawrence G. Wee focuses on high-debt deals and advising companies on their ongoing securities law and corporate governance matters.