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ABSbiglaw
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Structured Finance practice groups
What’s the best firm for Structured Finance? Anyone have intel on Dentons NY?
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eastcoast_iub
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Re: Structured Finance practice groups
Do your homework on how niche and boring of a practice SF is, but Mayer Brown has a large and well regarded SF practice.
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Re: Structured Finance practice groups
Why do you want to do structured finance?
Clifford Chance, Linklaters, and A&O are the band 1 practices according to Chambers. Mayer Brown, Sidley, CWT and Latham are band 2. There's different areas within structured finance (ABS, CLOs, CMBS, RMBS, etc.) so if you for whatever reason had a preference within those then that could color which firm made sense for you.
As someone who has done structured finance: it is a fairly niche practice and there aren't a ton of exit options (you can't really leverage it to just be some random in-house lawyer at an F500, whatever aspect of structured finance you do...there are probably only a handful of firms that do it. Exit options are like...in-house at an investment bank that does those deals plus maybe the GSEs).
Clifford Chance, Linklaters, and A&O are the band 1 practices according to Chambers. Mayer Brown, Sidley, CWT and Latham are band 2. There's different areas within structured finance (ABS, CLOs, CMBS, RMBS, etc.) so if you for whatever reason had a preference within those then that could color which firm made sense for you.
As someone who has done structured finance: it is a fairly niche practice and there aren't a ton of exit options (you can't really leverage it to just be some random in-house lawyer at an F500, whatever aspect of structured finance you do...there are probably only a handful of firms that do it. Exit options are like...in-house at an investment bank that does those deals plus maybe the GSEs).
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surechigau
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Re: Structured Finance practice groups
Does anyone have info about firms with strong derivatives and structured finance practices, like DPW and Cleary? Interested in bank exits and the comparative (?) lifestyle benefits over other corporate practices.
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Anonymous User
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Re: Structured Finance practice groups
If you're talking about CLO/CMBS/ABS, typical firms to see on them are CWT, Sidley, Dechert, Orrick, Morgan Lewis, etc. for issuer and underwriter counsel
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ABSbiglaw
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Re: Structured Finance practice groups
Any intel on MLB’s DC/Philly/NY structured finance? Current mid level in structured finance, entertaining lateral offers for MLB or peers. Hours? Culture? WLB? WFH? Thanks!
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Re: Structured Finance practice groups
I would really avoid Structured Finance if you have the option. Managed to switch groups and it was the best decision I’ve made in my career
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black box comp and known to nickel and dime employees. Hard pass. TTT firm.Anonymous User wrote: ↑Fri Jan 28, 2022 1:27 pmDentons has a good and broad structured finance practice.
