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Jason Smith

Jason Smith

USA 2026

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USA

Practice Areas

Jason Smith is a partner in Weil’s Structured Finance and Derivatives practice. Jason has extensive experience structuring securitizations of equipment and vehicle leases and loans, rental car and other vehicle fleets, personal and small business loans, solar assets, as well as collateralized loan and fund obligation transactions, structured repackagings and a range of synthetic/derivative products including credit default and total return swaps. He also participates in the securitization of trade receivables, royalty receivables and other intellectual property, student loans, and credit cards in the term and commercial paper markets, as well as restructurings involving the foregoing.

Personal

Columbia College (B.A., 1993); New York University School of Law (J.D., 1996).

Chambers Review

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Chambers Guide to the USA

Capital Markets: Securitization: ABS - USA - Nationwide

Band 2
Band 2

Individual Editorial
Jason Smith frequently advises on a broad range of ABS deals and he is particularly recommended for his knowledge of auto loans.

Strengths

Provided by Chambers

  • He is the most analytically sharp structured finance lawyer I know.

    Capital Markets: Securitization: ABSChambers Guide to the USA
  • Jason is known as one of the sharpest minds and deepest analytical thinkers in the field.

    Capital Markets: Securitization: ABSChambers Guide to the USA
  • Jason is engaging, proactive in finding solutions and has always gone the extra step to ensure any deal is commercially attractive for us as his client.

    Capital Markets: Securitization: ABSChambers Guide to the USA

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