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Mr Paddy Rath
Work Department
Finance and Capital Markets
Position
Partner
Career
Paddy Rath is based in Walkers’ Ireland office where he is a Partner in the firm’s Finance and Capital Markets team. Paddy’s principal practice areas are finance and capital markets, securitisation, private equity, distressed investment and corporate restructuring.
In particular, Paddy advises on Irish and EU legal and regulatory aspects of the establishment, financing, operation and management of Irish special purpose vehicles and other investment vehicles which acquire a broad range of asset classes (including loans, mortgages, receivables, distressed assets and insurance-linked securities) from around the world.
Paddy also regularly advises borrowers and lenders in relation to various lending transactions from short-term unsecured loans to multi-currency syndicated loans and revolving facilities.
Education
BBLS, University College Dublin
Diploma in Applied Finance, Law Society of Ireland
Lawyer Rankings
Ireland > Capital markets
(Next Generation 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.