The tax department at Mayer Brown, headed by New York-based Jason Bazar and Brian Kittle , Chicago-based Thomas Kittle-Kamp and Jeffrey Bruns, as well as San Francisco-based Remmelt Reigersman and shows strong capabilities in advising banks, funds and other capital markets entities on the tax aspects of financial products and trading strategies. Some of the firms offerings include structured products, hybrid securities, capital reshuffling, as well debt and equity offerings. In New York, Russell Nance  holds a invaluable experience in structured finance transactions and financial products and represents sponsors, managers, and underwriters in collateralized bond, loan, and debt obligation transactions and issuers and underwriters in various asset-backed and insurance related transactions whilst Steven Garden, who sits in the Chicago office, assists clients on matters related to asset-backed and trade receivable securitization financings, many of which feature cross-border elements.
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Key clients

  • HSBC USA Inc.
  • Bank of Montreal
  • Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (“CIBC”)
  • National Bank of Canada
  • Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
  • Morgan Stanley
  • Santander Consumer USA Inc
  • The Huntington National Bank
  • Carvana, LLC
  • Nomura America Finance

Work highlights

  • Advised HSBC on over 1,312 notes that have raised over $4.9 billion and we advised on almost $11.1 billion of structured note issuances.
  • Represented Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation in a $400 million syndicated revolving warehouse credit facility to fund the acquisition of middle market corporate loans under the Neuberger Berman Group LLC private debt investment program.
  • Represented Morgan Stanley, as underwriter, in transactions that provided financing to support design, development, and construction of high-speed rail projects for Brightline Trains Florida.

Lawyers

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Leading partners

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Leading associates

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Practice head

Jason Bazar; Brian Kittle; Thomas Kittle-Kamp; Remmelt Reigersman; Jeff Bruns

Other key lawyers

Russell Nance; Steven Garden