Timothy Cleary

Timothy Cleary specialises in structured finance and bank capital management. He has a particular focus on synthetic securitisation and other credit risk mitigation and risk transfer transactions, acting for banks and investors across Europe, North America and Asia.

Timothy also has broad experience in all aspects of OTC derivatives, in particular in connection with asset-backed securitisation, whole business securitisation, project and asset finance and real estate finance, as well as the repackaging of derivative exposures and securities financing transactions. He regularly advises industry bodies such as the Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) and Prime Collateralised Securities (PCS) in relation to the evolving regulatory landscape for securitisation in the EU.

University of Melbourne (LLB and BA) 2003

Admitted as a solicitor in Victoria, Australia 2004

Joined Clifford Chance 2005

Harris Manchester College, Oxford (MSt in Legal Research) 2010

Admitted as a solicitor in England & Wales 2015

Partner since 2017