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Boris Ziser

Boris Ziser

USA 2026

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About

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USA

Practice Areas

Global Head of Structured Finance, CLOs and Alternative Assets, and member of the firm’s Management Committee. Boris advises on asset-backed lending and securitization, warehouse facilities, secured financings, specialty finance lending and esoteric finance transactions across a diverse array of asset classes.

With more than 30 years of experience, Boris works on a variety of asset classes, including life settlements, litigation funding, equipment leases, structured settlements, lottery receivables, timeshare loans, merchant cash advances and cell towers, in addition to other esoteric asset classes such as intellectual property, various insurance-related cash flows and other cash flow producing assets.

He also represents investors, lenders, hedge funds, private equity funds and finance companies in acquisitions and dispositions of portfolios of assets and financings secured by those portfolios.

View more at: https://www.mcdermottlaw.com/people/boris-ziser/

Personal

New York University School of Law (J.D., 1994); Oberlin College (B.A., with honors, 1991)

Chambers Review

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Chambers Guide to the USA

Capital Markets: Securitization: ABS - USA - Nationwide

Band 3
Band 3

Individual Editorial
As part of Boris Ziser's broader securitization practice, he is highly recommended for his expert knowledge of non-traditional assets, including life settlements and litigation funding receivables.

Strengths

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  • Boris is a talented lawyer who has built an outstanding practice and consistently proposes practical and straightforward solutions.

    Capital Markets: Securitization: ABSChambers Guide to the USA
  • Boris has long been the franchise in the litigation funding space in the US. He is great to get perspective on market intelligence from as he touches every deal in some capacity.

    Capital Markets: Securitization: ABSChambers Guide to the USA

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