Sean M. Solis > Milbank > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile
Milbank Offices
55 HUDSON YARDS
NEW YORK, NY 10001
NEW YORK
United States
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Sean M. Solis
Position
Sean M. Solis is a partner in the New York office of Milbank and Practice Group Leader of the firm’s Alternative Investments Practice. Mr. Solis leads Milbank’s global Structured Credit Practice.
Career
A distinguished finance and securitization attorney, author and speaker, Mr. Solis has counseled US and international asset managers and hedge funds in connection with tens of billions of dollars of transactions across a wide variety of collateralized loan obligation transactions (“CLOs”) as well as other complex structured credit financing arrangements.
Moreover, Mr. Solis is an expert in the various regulatory regimes applicable in the securitization space including the US and EU Risk Retention Rules and the Volcker Rule.
Mr. Solis also has significant experience with secured and unsecured lending transactions and he has advised asset managers and institutional buyers in connection with strategic investments in private investment firms and on structuring complex transactions in preparation for liquidity events.
Mr. Solis is widely recognized as one of the country’s leading attorneys in the representation of CLO collateral managers and CLO equity investors. Clients describe him as “very intelligent, commercial and always willing to go above and beyond to satisfy client needs and demands.”
Mr. Solis was honored as the exclusive winner of Lexology’s 2019, 2021 and 2023 Client Choice Award for Securitization & Structured Finance in New York, where he was recognized for his commitment to delivering unparalleled client service.
Education
J.D., Boston University School of Law; B.S., Indiana University
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
- Transport > Aviation and air travel: finance
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: transactions
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Transport > Aviation and air travel: finance
- Finance > Project finance
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Environment > Environment: transactional
Firm Rankings
- Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
- Transport > Aviation and air travel: finance
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: transactions
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Antitrust > Cartel