Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP is well‑placed to advise on ABS, CLOs, and a broad range of financings and refinancings, with the team active across consumer, commercial and esoteric asset classes. Frank Nocco leads the global structured finance and derivatives group from New York and brings deep experience in oil‑and‑gas ABS, credit‑card securitizations, tax‑loan securitizations and renewable‑energy financings. Jason Smith, who focuses on ABS, is adept at handling home‑improvement loan securitizations, fleet‑lease transactions and other consumer‑loan platforms. Jeffrey Dawidowicz advises on CLOs and refinancing matters, while David Jackson specializes in secured‑loan financings. All lawyers mentioned are based in New York.
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Key clients
- Aflac Asset Management LLC
- Blackstone
- Brigade Capital Management, LP
- Enterprise Fleet Management, Inc.
- Goldman Sachs
- Goldman Sachs Asset Backed Securities Corp.
- Guggenheim Securities LLC
- HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.
- J.P. Morgan Asset Management
- KKR
- Lendmark Financial Services, LLC
- Mizuho Securities USA LLC
Work highlights
Advised Wheels Fleet Lease Funding 1 LLC, an affiliate of Wheels, LLC, in connection with the issuance of $1,000,000,000 in 144A notes backed by a beneficial interest in a revolving pool of leases and loans, along with the associated vehicles.
Advised Nuveen Alternative Advisors LLC, KKR & Co. Inc., J.P. Morgan Asset Management and a syndicate of fifteen other investors in connection with the issuance by PureWest ABS Issuer, LLC of the $450,000,000 Series 2025-1, Class A-1, Oil & Gas Asset-Backed Notes, $310,000,000 Series 2025-1, Class A-2, Oil & Gas Asset-Backed Notes and $83,000,000 Series 2025-1, Class B, Oil & Gas Asset-Backed Notes collateralized by oil & natural gas assets.
Advised Goldman Sachs in the issuance of AU$950 million of Australian insurance commission backed notes by Equity Trustees Limited, as Trustee of the Canopy Master Trust.
Lawyers
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Practice head
Frank Nocco
Other key lawyers
Jason Smith; Jeffrey Dawidowicz; David Jackson