Cadwalader Wins ‘Securitization and Structured Finance’ Team Award at IFLR 2022 Europe Awards

May 09, 2022

Cadwalader has once again won for “Team of the Year” in “Structured Finance and Securitization” as part of the International Financial Law Review (IFLR) 2022 Europe Awards.

The team won in recognition of its work across a broad range of products and asset classes, with a special mention of its representations in connection with:

  • “Starz CRE CLO”: Cadwalader advised Credit Suisse as arranger and placement agent on the Starz CRE CLO, the first CRE CLO in Europe since the financial crisis. Cadwalader’s transatlantic team, led by partners David Quirolo, Nick Shiren, Jeffrey Rotblat and Sabah Nawaz, also included partners Adam Blakemore, Catherine Richardson, James Frazier and Adam Risell; senior counsel Maurine Bartlett; and associates Jinisha Patel, Aaron Kennedy, Maria Geraghty, Edward Morphett and Nicole Schapira.
  • “ERM Funding plc Series 2021-1”: Cadwalader advised RGA Americas Reinsurance Company, Ltd and RGA UK Services Limited on establishing a UK equity release mortgage-backed securities program and on the issuance of series 2021-1. ERM Funding is the first post-financial crisis publicly-rated full-term UK securitization of equity release mortgages comprising recent-vintage originations. Cadwalader’s team, led by partner Matthew Duncan, also included partners Adam Blakemore and Catherine Richardson; special counsel Assia Damianova; associates Oliver Bond and Hugo Chan; and paralegal Manasa Yoga.

Cadwalader’s Capital Markets practice, including attorneys in New York, London, Charlotte and Washington, D.C., is recognized as a premier global legal advisor in securitization and structured finance.