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Nicole Skalla

Nicole Skalla

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Nicole Skalla is a partner in the Structured Credit practice at Paul Hastings and is based in the New York office. Her practice focuses on securitization and structured finance, with a particular emphasis on structured credit products and collateralized loan obligation transactions. Ms. Skalla represents investment banks, financial institutions, investment advisors, issuers, investors, and end-users in collateralized loan obligation transactions, cash, hybrid and synthetic CDOs, and other asset-backed securities transactions. She has also represented investment banks and others in connection with credit derivative and other swap transactions and asset repackaging programs.

Personal

Brooklyn Law School, J.D. (cum laude), 2005

University of Kansas, B.A. (cum laude), 2002

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Capital Markets: Securitisation: CLOs - USA

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Individual Editorial
Nicole Skalla is highly sought after by major financial institutions for her advice on complex CLOs.

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  • Nicole offers a high level of expertise in the area and really provided us with value-add input.

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  • She is the best attorney on the street.

    Capital Markets: Securitisation: CLOsChambers Global Guide
  • Nicole is one of the best in the business.

    Capital Markets: Securitisation: CLOsChambers Global Guide

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