Paul A Jorissen

Practice Areas

Paul Jorissen is based in New York and is a practice leader of Mayer Brown's Banking & Finance practice.

Paul’s commercial and creative approach to transactional work draws on over 25 years of experience representing clients in a broad range of financing and securities transactions. The range of his work includes public and private securities offerings, structured finance transactions, analysis and strategic planning for litigation and negotiation of settlements, asset and portfolio sales and mergers and acquisitions. Paul’s experience with asset types includes commercial and residential mortgages, single family rental properties, equipment and other ABS, esoteric and fintech, risk transfer, and M&A transactions.

Paul is an active participant in the structured finance industry. The following are some of his accomplishments as a thought leader in the industry:

- Member of the Structured Finance Association (SFA) Editorial Board

- Former practice leader of the Banking & Finance practice and former member of the global Firm Management committee

- Rated “Standout” for Legal Innovation by Financial Times

- Recognized by Chambers from 2008-present. Paul is regarded as a “standout figure for mortgage-backed securities and asset-backed securities, particularly equipment loans and leases”

- Speaker and panelist at ABS, RMBS and CMBS industry events

- Editor of the treatise titled "Securitization of Financial Assets - Real Estate"