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Oliver Kronat

Oliver Kronat

Germany 2026

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Practice Areas

Oliver Kronat advises on German and international structured finance transactions, portfolio trades and alternative investments. His experience includes the securitisation of trade, consumer, leasing and loan receivables and the structuring of ABCP Conduit Programmes. He also advises on the restructuring of securitisation and other structured finance transactions as well as on securitisations by insolvent companies. He advises insurance companies and funds in tailor-made alternative investments, i.e. in loans, debt and infrastructure funds.

Oliver is a member of the TSI Securitisation Forum (Verbriefungsforum) and was involved in the commenting by TSI on significant draft bills. He is also admitted as tax advisor.

Career

University of Passau, Lausanne, Munich and Osnabrück (Dr. jur.)

Admitted as a Rechtsanwalt in Germany 2000

Joined Clifford Chance 2000

Admitted as a Tax Advisor in Germany 2004

Partner since 2007

Head of Global Financial Markets, Germany, since 2022

Chambers Review

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Chambers Germany

Capital Markets: Structured Finance - Germany

Band 1
Band 1

Individual Editorial

Leading practitioner Oliver Kronat is highly visible in the structured finance world. He is revered for his strength in handling synthetic securities, trade receivables and RMBS as well as CMBS and expectancy rights securitisations. The setting up of alternative investment structures also falls within his remit.

Indviduelles Editorial

Der führende Experte Oliver Kronat genießt in der Welt der strukturierten Finanzierungen hohes Ansehen. Er wird für seine Expertise im Umgang mit synthetischen Wertpapieren, Forderungen aus Lieferungen und Leistungen sowie RMBS und CMBS und Erwartungsrechten hoch geschätzt. Auch die Strukturierung alternativer Anlagen gehört zu seinem Aufgabenbereich.

Strengths

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  • Oliver Kronat is awesome for any kind of securitisation receivables finance. He's very knowledgeable and pragmatic.

    Capital Markets: Structured FinanceChambers Germany
  • Oliver Kronat has the ability to generate solutions for clients.

    Capital Markets: Structured FinanceChambers Germany
  • Oliver Kronat ist in der Lage, Lösungen für seine Kunden zu entwickeln.
    Capital Markets: Structured FinanceChambers Germany
  • Oliver Kronat ist ein hervorragender Experte für alle Arten von Forderungsfinanzierungen im Zusammenhang mit Verbriefungen. Er ist sehr kompetent und pragmatisch.
    Capital Markets: Structured FinanceChambers Germany

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