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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 partners: Capital markets: Debt)Walkers continues to stand out for its commitment to the CLO and CMBS market, along with its prominence in insurance-linked securities and catastrophe bonds, and securitisations and significant risk transfer (SRT) issues. It is a clear market leader in CLOs, frequently representing new entrants into the European CLO segment. The hugely experienced Andrew Traynor is co-head of the finance and capital markets group, continuing to advise on numerous securitisations and structured finance transactions. Noeleen Ruddy also co-heads the team and remains at thje forefront of the CLO sector, along with catastrophe bonds and insurance-linked securities. Paddy Rath is another key figure in the CLO segment, while Ian McNamee is noted for DCM and securitisations.
Ireland > Banking and finance
Walkers is best known for fund finance and structured finance, a strength of the firm globally. The primarily lender-side firm also has broad coverage of the acquisition finance, commercial lending, loan portfolio transactions, and real estate and development finance arenas, among others. In addition, the Dublin team advises a number of borrowers in the real estate segment, as well as funds and sponsors seeking leverage. Fund finance specialist Andrew Traynor and Noeleen Ruddy , who is noted for structured finance and non-performing loan sales, co-lead the finance and capital markets team. Ian McNamee provides further expertise in fund finance.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading partners: Capital markets: Debt Ireland > Capital markets
- Banking and finance Ireland
- Capital markets Ireland