Clifford Chance LLP's workload spans equity financing, private credit, CLOs, and synthetic risk transfer. Practice head Maggie Zhao concentrates on public and private financings involving both residential and commercial real estate. Debt securitisation is a core area for Kevin Ingram, whose practice also covers principal finance and acquisitions and disposals of asset portfolios. Across RMBS, CMBS, and NPL transactions, Christopher Walsh advises arrangers, originators, and investors. Issuers and arrangers engage Adam Craig for his capabilities concerning public securitisations and private bilateral financings.
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- Deep knowledge and years of expertise in the structured finance market at the partner level, along with a dedicated group of associates who have been involved in numerous transactions over the past few years.
- A technically strong securitisation practice with genuine cross-border capability. The team handles complex, multi-jurisdictional transactions efficiently and demonstrates solid command of both EU and UK Securitisation Regulation frameworks. Well-suited to asset managers with diverse deal flow across jurisdictions.
- Maggie Zhao and Simon Connor are both sharp, commercially aware partners who give practical advice without overcomplicating matters. They manage multiple concurrent transactions well and are easy to work with under pressure. They are reliable and technically sound across the board.
- Really excellent combination of partner availability, depth of associate bench, timeliness and accuracy, commercial savvy, and broad regulatory expertise.
- Blake Jones and Amy Liu are among our many contacts. They have provided exceptional quality of counsel since we started engaging them.
Key clients
- Avis Budget Group
- Aegon Asset Management UK
- Arini Capital Management
- Bayview Asset Management
- BMW Financial Services (GB) Limited
- Castlelake
- CCF
- Cerberus
- Cinven
- CVC
- Fortress
- Greenlight Planet Kenya Limited
- Jefferies
- M&G Investments
- Nordic Investment Bank
- NatWest Markets
- NewDay
- New Wave Capital Limited
- Nottingham Building Society
- Pepper Money
Work highlights
Advised Vantage Data Centers, a global provider of hyperscale data centre campuses, as it raised €640 million in securitised term notes.
Advised CVC Capital Partners and Cinven on the sale of part of NewDay’s business, including its back book portfolio of consumer credit receivables and future origination, to KKR.
Advised Citi, as arranger, on the reset of Fidelity Grand Harbour 2023-2 CLO.
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Practice head
Maggie Zhao
Other key lawyers
Kevin Ingram; Christopher Walsh; Adam Craig