About

Provided by Chapman and Cutler LLP

Chapman and Cutler LLP’s industry-leading asset securitization and structured finance practice is focused on helping clients finance a broad range of assets, including middle market and leveraged loans, credit card accounts and receivables, trade receivables, auto loans and leases, small-, medium-, and large-ticket equipment loans and leases, federal and private student loans, and other consumer loans, including marketplace loans. 

With a team of 50 attorneys, Chapman represents issuers, originators, sponsors and managers, lenders and other funding sources, trustees and back-up servicers, and other financial services entities in structured finance transactions, including commercial paper conduit and bank fundings, term securitizations, tax-exempt securitizations, collateralized loan obligations (CLOs), credit linked notes (CLNs), and restructurings and workouts of securitizations. Chapman also has a leading practice providing regulatory advice to clients structuring securitization transactions.


Chambers Review

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Capital Markets: Securitization: Trustee Counsel - USA - Nationwide

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What the Team is Known For

Chapman and Cutler LLP's strengths include CLOs and ABS transactions. The firm advises clients on commercial paper, auto loans and leases, and trade receivables securitizations. It also provides ongoing advice and interpretation regarding developing regulatory standards. The attorneys are able to represent a broad range of clients in transactions and the firm is especially recommended for its trustee practice.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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John C. Hitt, Jr.
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John C. Hitt, Jr.
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John Hitt regularly acts as counsel to the trustees in deals involving asset-backed securities, including traditional and esoteric assets.

John has experience across a broad range of securitizations.

Anna Anderson
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Anna Anderson
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Anna Anderson is a highly regarded attorney noted for her strong representation of trustees.

Anna is a great lawyer.

David Z Nirenberg
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David Z Nirenberg
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David Nirenberg draws praise for the breadth and depth of his experience in securitization tax matters.

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Kimberly Ahlgrim
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Kimberly Ahlgrim earns praise for her experience advising as trustee counsel in a range of securitization transactions. She has particular experience representing commercial banks in these transactions.

Aaron Efta
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Aaron Efta
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Aaron Efta is able to securitize the full range of ABS, with notable capabilities in the handling of esoteric assets.

Aaron is really dynamic, has the right balance of identifying risks to clients and offers good, practical and commercial compromises.

Kenneth Marin
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Kenneth Marin
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New York-based Kenneth Marin is recommended for his broad securitization practice. He comes particularly recommended for his work in ABS transactions.

Ranked Lawyers at
Chapman and Cutler LLP

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USA - Nationwide

Capital Markets: Securitization: ABS

Aaron Efta
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Aaron Efta
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Band 3
Kenneth Marin
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Kenneth Marin
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Band 3
Capital Markets: Securitization: Tax

David Z Nirenberg
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David Z Nirenberg
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Band 2
Capital Markets: Securitization: Trustee Counsel

John C. Hitt, Jr.
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John C. Hitt, Jr.
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Band 1
Anna Anderson
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Anna Anderson
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Band 2
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Kimberly Ahlgrim
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Band 2