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Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner Offices

Governor’s House
5 Laurence Pountney Hill
EC4R 0BR
England
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Will Trotman

Work Department
Structured Finance & Securitisation
Position
Partner
Career
Will is a leading structured finance and securitisation lawyer focusing on structured and asset-backed finance. He has considerable experience in Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities (RMBS) and Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (CMBS), asset-backed warehouse facilities, and portfolio acquisition financings.
He has acted for arrangers, lead managers, asset-backed lenders (both senior and mezzanine/junior), investors, guarantors and originators across a wide variety of financing structures and asset classes, including commercial and residential real estate. He has also advised on the establishment and restructuring of a number of CMBS transactions, both cash and synthetic, acting for both lenders (senior and mezzanine) and servicers on such transactions;
In addition, Will advises leading investment banks on the purchase and/or financing of portfolios of residential mortgage loans, including the establishment of warehouse funding facilities to fund such portfolios, and on the subsequent RMBS re-financings of such portfolios.
Languages
English
Lawyer Rankings
London > Finance > Securitisation
(Next Generation Partners)Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner is a key adviser to credit funds, which play an increasingly prominent role in the securitisation market. ‘Client-focused, thoughtful and hardworking‘ structured and asset-backed finance specialist Will Trotman and real estate finance partner Eleanor Hunwicks are the standout practitioners. They frequently handle commercial real estate securitisations, as well as transactions linked to the issuance of securities backed by accounts receivable. Hunwicks recently acted for the special servicer on a £280m CMBS deal.
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- Real estate > Planning
- Real estate > Property finance
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- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
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- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
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- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Lower Mid-Market Deals, £100m-£750m
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- Industry focus > Retail and consumer
- Dispute resolution > Tax litigation and investigations
- Corporate and commercial > VAT and indirect tax
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- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition: trade, WTO anti-dumping and customs
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Gaming and betting
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: M&A and acquisition financing
- Insurance > Insurance: corporate and regulatory
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Power (including electricity and nuclear)
- Investment fund formation and management > Real estate funds
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- Finance > Transport finance and leasing
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- Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
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- Employment > Health and safety
- Insurance > Insurance and reinsurance litigation
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Mining and minerals
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Renewables
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management
- Finance > Securitisation
- Finance > Acquisition finance
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