Mr David O'connor > Mayer Brown International LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile

At Mayer Brown International LLP, ‘the team is renowned for its ability to engineer novel solutions for its clients n securitisation transactions involving different asset classes‘. London managing partner Dominic Griffiths is ‘well known for his skilled technical knowledge‘. He handles cross-border securitisations, asset-based lending, senior secured lending, loan-on-loan deals and other innovative structured financings. He recently acted for BNP Paribas, Citibank and Citigroup as arrangers in a $3bn cross-border securitisation of trade receivables originated by subsidiaries of Chinese technology company Lenovo Group. ‘A first-rate lawyer with encyclopaedic knowledge‘, David O’Connor is highly regarded for his work on RMBS and CMBS deals, and is a key adviser to global investment banks such as Citigroup. CLO specialist Dasha Sobornova moved to Akin but Ronan Mellon joined from DLA Piper to bolster the firm’s capability in that area as part of his broad structured finance practice. Key banking and finance partner Charles Malpass is ‘thoughtful, detail oriented and commercial‘, and senior securitisation consultant Neil Hamilton also plays a key role in the practice. Both acted for Ellington Management Group, LLC as issuer, seller and retention holder of a €495m public RMBS deal, which is backed by a portfolio of Spanish re-performing residential mortgage loans.