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Mr Michael Mazzuchi

Position
Michael A. Mazzuchi is a partner based in the Washington, D.C. office. Mr. Mazzuchi’s practice focuses on corporate and securities matters, particularly domestic and international structured finance and derivatives matters. He has extensive experience for banking, insurance and private equity clients in asset-based lending, asset securitisations, CLO transactions, collateralised fund obligations, repurchase agreement and total return swap financings, structured debt securities, epackagings and credit derivative transactions. He also advises on Dodd-Frank related provisions such as the Volcker Rule, swap and security-based swap regulation, ABS risk retention and related rules.
Career
Joined firm, 1992; became partner, 2001. JD, magna cum laude, member of Law Review’s editorial board, University of Michigan Law School (1992); BA, Political Science, Phi Beta Kappa, University of Michigan (1989).
Memberships
Mr. Mazzuchi is a member of the Bar in the District of Columbia.
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Finance > Structured finance: securitization
(Hall of Fame)Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton is a key contact for securitization mandates for underwriters, investors, asset managers, purchasers and others, offering a notable proficiency in both regulatory and transactional matters. The team particularly active in the CLO space, and includes Credit Suisse, Citigroup and Goldman Sachs as part of its portfolio of clients. Washington DC-based Michael Mazzuchi is extensively experienced in CLOs, ABS and RMBS, and co-heads the team with Macey Levington, whose practice is strongly focused on CLO transactions, alongside matters involving receivables securitisations and asset-based lending. John McGill‘s expertise in CLO transactions makes him a strong choice for investment banks, asset managers and underwriters. Amber Phillips remains a port of call for CLOs, mortgage-backed securities, and ABS transactions, while Beau Sterling advises underwriters and collateral managers in various CLO structurings. Jay Kozak is frequently engaged in advising clients on ABS, receivables securitisation, and CLO transactions. Phillips, Sterling and Kozak were promoted to partner in 2024. Lawyers are in New York unless otherwise stated.
Lawyer Rankings
- Hall of Fame United States > Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- Structured finance: securitization United States > Finance
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Dispute resolution > E-discovery
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Tax > Financial products
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- Dispute resolution > International litigation
- Tax > International tax
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Finance > Project finance
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
Firm Rankings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- International trade and national security > CFIUS
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Finance > Fintech
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Intellectual property > Copyright
- International trade and national security > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Finance > Project finance
- Real estate > Real estate
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense