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Jim Cotins is a partner in the Structured Capital Markets group. He has extensive experience in structured finance, including all aspects of the securitization of loans and securities backed by commercial real estate, with a primary focus on CMBS, including multi-seller conduits, single borrower securitizations, CRE CLOs, net-lease securitizations and single family rental securitizations (including both single borrower and multi-borrower deals).

Jim regularly represents all the main participants in commercial real estate-related securitizations, including issuers, underwriters, collateral managers, loan sellers and a nationally recognized statistical rating agency organization. He also represents investors in the acquisition and financing of all types of commercial real estate-related assets, including whole loans, B-Notes, participations, mezzanine loans, preferred equity, bank loans, CMBS and REIT debt.

Career

Washington University in St. Louis (BA) 1986,

Boston University School of Law (JD, cum laude) 1989

Admitted as an Attorney-at-Law in New York 1990

Joined Clifford Chance 2019

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Capital Markets: Securitisation: CRE CLOs - USA

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Jim Cotins is best known for advising all deal participants on the securitization of commercial real estate assets.

Capital Markets: Securitisation: CMBS - USA

2
Band 2
Individual Editorial
Jim Cotins is best known for advising all deal participants on the securitization of commercial real estate assets.

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