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Milbank Offices
55 HUDSON YARDS
NEW YORK, NY 10001
NEW YORK
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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
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Finance > Structured finance: securitization
Milbank’s practice stands out for experience in CLO and securitization matters, with CLO work includeing supporting alternative asset managers in novel CLO types. The firm is also well-practiced in securitizations backed by a range of asset classes, including esoterics; the firm advises on whole business, digital infrastructure and real estate securitizations. The firm expanded its practice with the addition of Kathryn Weiss and Martin Eid from King & Spalding LLP in April 2023 and Lawrence Wee from Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP in May 2023. Sean Solis leads the team, and concentrates on CLO matters and complex financings for asset managers, arrangers and issuers. Weiss further supports the firm’s esoteric securitizations expertise, advising underwriters and issuers in such matters. All lawyers are based in New York. Michael Urschel left the firm in June 2024.
Lawyer Rankings
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- Transport > Aviation and air travel: finance
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Finance > Project finance
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: transactions
Firm Rankings
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration