Jones Day‘s securities expertise spans numerous asset classes, ranging from auto loans to portfolios of buy now, pay later facilities, with further expertise in overseeing the restructuring of existing securities. Heading the team is Ulf Kreppel, who advises a broad spectrum of financial institutions on asset-backed securities, in addition to assisting them with asset-backed commercial paper programmes. Nikolay Kutsarov handles both traditional and synthetic securitisation transactions.
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Key clients

  • Arval UK Limited/BNP Paribas Group
  • Deutschsprachige Gemeinschaft Belgiens
  • IBL Istituto Bancario del Lavoro S.p.A.
  • UniCredit Bank
  • Vibrantz Corporation
  • ViViBanca S.p.A.
  • Volkswagen Bank

Work highlights

Advised UniCredit Bank GmbH in relation to a committed and scalable securitisation transaction, arranged and financed by UniCredit Bank GmbH for Ratepay GmbH, with a nominal value of €125m.
Assisted Volkswagen Bank with a new Italian securitisation transaction related to car loans and provided by Volkswagen Bank - Italian Branch.
Advised IBL Banca and UniCredit Bank GmbH, as co-arrangers, on the issuance of Series 15 asset-backed securities under the securitisation programme, with a total maximum amount of €10bn.
Practice head

Ulf Kreppel

Other key lawyers

Nikolay Kutsarov