Mr Phillip Azzollini > Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile

Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP
919 THIRD AVENUE
NEW YORK, NY 10022
NEW YORK
United States
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Work Department

Structured Products & Derivatives, Trading Agreements

Position

Phillip J. Azzollini focuses his practice on private offerings of collateralized loan obligation securities and on warehouse financing transactions, including the representation of issuers, placement agents and portfolio managers. Phil also represents buyers and sellers of financial assets. He has represented public companies, investment advisers and private equity funds in transactions involving many different categories of assets, including mortgage-backed securities.

Phil is listed as a “leading individual” by Chambers Global and Chambers USA in Capital Markets: Structured Products, and was recognized by interviewees as “an excellent lawyer, smart and bright” and commended for his client service skills, keen attention to detail and understanding of accounting in addition to the law. The Legal 500 US notes that Phil is recognized as being “very knowledgeable about the CLO space, in terms of both legal and market knowledge.” He is also listed in the Expert Guide to the World’s Leading Banking, Finance and Transactional Law Lawyers. Phil’s recent publications include co-authoring “CLOs and LIBOR Transition” for The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Securitisation 2020. Prior to joining SRZ, Phil was a certified public accountant with the audit group at Coopers & Lybrand LLP. He received his undergraduate degree, cum laude, from Pace University in 1988, and his J.D. from Fordham University School of Law, where he was an editor of the Fordham Law Review, in 1995.

Memberships

American Bar Association; New York City Bar Association.

Education

Fordham University School of Law, JD (Editor, Fordham Law Review); Pace University, BBA, cum laude.

Lawyer Rankings

United States > Finance > Structured finance: securitization

Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP has a ‘responsive, thorough and conscientious’ team that represent investment managers and specialty finance companies on a wide array of securitization issues. Team head Craig Stein regularly leads the firm’s impressive CLO work, and also has considerable experience in prime brokerage and customer trading agreements. The firm also demonstrates expertise in esoteric securitization which involve structured settlements and insurance-linked securities, as well as being a leading name in the rapidly growing litigation finance arena. Fellow team head Boris Ziser competently handles these esoteric asset classes, as well as more traditional asset-backed securitizations. Both Phillip Azzollini and Stephen Schauder focus on CLOs and warehouse financing transactions, while Thomas Weinberger is an expert in life settlements and pension risk transfer, in addition to being a key name for companies looking for advice on structuring finance for the law firms they are partnering with. Andrea Mandell has also been highly active in practice matters, utilizing her tax experience to counsel on a range of structured finance, securitization and fund formation issues as well as handling real estate finance, including structuring REO-to-rental financings and debt repackaging.