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Mr Andrew Traynor
Work Department
Finance & Capital Markets
Position
Partner and Co-Head of Finance & Capital Markets
Career
Andrew Traynor is based in the Irish office where he is a partner and co-head of the Finance and Capital Markets team. Andrew’s principal practice areas are finance and capital markets, securitisation, insurance-linked securities (ILS), distressed investment, finance, private equity and restructurings.
Andrew advises issuers, managers, sponsors, arrangers, trustee houses and agents, financial institutions and investors on a broad range of finance and capital markets transactions (both public and private) with a particular focus on debt capital markets, securitisation, insurance-linked securities (ILS), structured credit, distressed investment, restructurings and work-outs.
Andrew also provides Irish legal and structuring advice on a variety of bespoke, tax efficient financing and investment platforms. He regularly acts for leading hedge funds, private equity outfits, credit opportunity funds and other market participants with respect to their joint-ventures, acquisition, servicing and/or disposal of non-performing loan portfolios, investments and other receivables in Europe and Asia.
Education
LLB (Hons), University of Wales, Cardiff
Solicitor, Law Society of Ireland
Lawyer Rankings
Ireland > Capital markets
(Leading individuals: Capital markets: Debt)Walkers has a highly rated practice in CMBS and CLOs, and is also at the forefront of insurance linked securities (ILS) and catastrophe bonds. The department is also highly regarded for handling securitisations and significant risk transfer (SRT) issues. Andrew Traynor brings over 20 years of experience in structured finance and securitisation work, notably in risk transfer transactions and bank capital management matters. Ian McNamee is another key figure in securitisation work, and Noeleen Ruddy and Paddy Rath are singled out for their expertise in CLOs.
Ireland > Banking and finance
Walkers‘ Dublin team leverages the firm’s wider global network to assist with large cross-border financings, fund finance and structured finance work. The group has seen an increase in instructions from banks and funds operating in real estate finance, as well as advising on distressed transactions and loan portfolio deals. Co-head of the finance and capital markets group Andrew Traynor is hugely experienced in fund finance work, which is also a recognised area of expertise for Ian McNamee. Team co-head Noeleen Ruddy counts structured finance, non-performing loan sales and workouts as core strengths.
Lawyer Rankings
- Capital markets Ireland
- Leading individuals: Capital markets: Debt Ireland > Capital markets
- Banking and finance Ireland