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Russell Nance

Russell Nance

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Mayer Brown

Mayer Brown

United States • Tax

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Financial products

Mayer Brown’s tax practice advises on a wide array of financial products and transactional matters, spanning structured products, capital restructurings, hybrid securities, debt and equity offerings, and closed-end funds and other investment vehicles. The group is jointly led by Jason Bazar in New York, Jeffrey Bruns in Chicago, and San Francisco-based Remmelt Reigersman, who is particularly noted for his work on federal and international tax issues. In Chicago, Steven Garden focuses on asset-backed and trade receivable securitization financings, as well as cross-border whole loan and receivable sale transactions across multiple asset classes. New York-based Russell Nance advises on transactions involving a broad range of assets, including RMBS, RTLs, and CLOs. In Charlotte, Brennan Young counsels clients on the tax structuring and negotiation of domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, reorganizations, and securities offerings, including debt and equity issuances and structured products.
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Position

Partner

Career

Russell Nance focuses his practice primarily on securitization and structured finance. Russell has extensive experience in financial products and virtually every manner of mortgage-backed and asset-backed transactions, including REMICs; CLOs; auto loans; auto leases; student loans; credit card receivables; MSRs; accounts receivable; solar loans; and other asset classes. He also frequently advises on the issuance of credit risk transfers, equity-linked notes, swap transactions, and other derivative instruments. Russell currently serves as co-chair of the Structured Finance Association Tax Policy Committee.

In 2024, Russell is recognized by Chambers USA for Capital Markets: Securitization: Tax – USA (Band 2) and Tax in New York (Band 5). Russell is also ranked as a Leading Partner in Legal 500 for Tax: Financial Products.

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Key clients

  • Goldman Sachs
  • Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce

Work highlights

Advised National Bank of Canada, as US counsel, $3.918 billion acquisition of all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Canadian Western Bank, a diversified financial services institution, by way of a share exchange.