Jacky Kelly > Weil, Gotshal & Manges (London) LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Weil, Gotshal & Manges (London) LLP
110 FETTER LANE
LONDON
EC4A 1AY
England
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Work Department

Securitisation; derivatives.

Position

Full CV available on www.weil.com.

Career

Jacky is Head of Weil’s London Structured Finance & Derivatives group and Co-head of the global group. She has been practising in the London securitisation market since its inception and was one of the few lawyers involved in its development. Jacky has extensive industry knowledge and experience of financing techniques used over the past 20 years. She represents banks, funds and corporate clients on the securitisation (both public and private) of all asset classes with a focus on esoteric assets and on acquisitions and financings of loan portfolios, both performing and non-performing.

Lawyer Rankings

London > Finance > Derivatives and structured products

Weil, Gotshal & Manges (London) LLP is renowned as one of the leading firms for CLOs, but it also has an active derivatives practice led by structured finance specialist Jacky Kelly. Andrew Lauder has a particular focus on TRS and repo-linked funding structures, and synthetic securitisations using credit default swaps (CDS) or financial guarantees. The work also encompasses hedging by issuer SPVs and advice on related derivatives regulation, as well as acting for swap counterparties, originators and issuer-side parties in the execution of hedging strategies.

London > Finance > Securitisation

(Hall of Fame)

Jacky KellyWeil, Gotshal & Manges (London) LLP

Weil, Gotshal & Manges (London) LLP has a small team in London comprising only two partners, but its dominance in manager-side CLO transactions means it is a major force in the securitisation market. Head of the London structured finance and derivatives practice Jacky Kelly leads an ‘experienced, approachable, practical and commercial’ team that acts for some of the world’s biggest CLO managers. The practice also has a strong stable of associates, not least Luke Stowe and Emily Firmston. Kelly and Stowe recently acted for a leading manager client on the amendment of two CLOs to allow for the acquisition of loss mitigation obligations. Kelly also advised a global investment bank on a trade receivables-backed ABS issuance of just under $1bn. Brian Maher joined Paul Hastings LLP in mid-2024.