Selected Experience Involving Financial Services
Macaluso LLP represented the U.S. office of a global sovereign wealth fund as lead investor in a $180 million structured investment backed by crop loans.
ABS, AGRICULTURE, ASIA, FINANCIAL SERVICES, FUNDS, GOVERNMENT, INTERNATIONAL, SECURITIES OFFERINGS, STRUCTURED FINANCE, COMMERCIALIZATION, CAPITAL MARKETS
Our Managing Partner acted as Treasury counsel with responsibility for all global treasury activities of a $120 billion subsidiary of a Fortune 25 company for over a dozen years with respect to virtually all of its capital markets and structured finance activities around the world. Part of the on-the-ground team that acquired the business that became the company’s London and ultimately European operations. Member of the leadership team that built and put into place the first funding facilities for the new European treasury group and set up its operations.
COUNSEL SERVICES, FINANCIAL SERVICES, TREASURY, U.S., EUROPE, SOUTH AMERICA, SECURITIES OFFERINGS, ABS, STRUCTURED FINANCE, INTERNATIONAL, REGULATORY, CAPITAL MARKETS
Macaluso LLP assisted a blockchain-enabled secured mortgage aggregation platform operating as a DAO in connection with the legal structure of its base platform and operations.
TECHNOLOGY, STRUCTURED FINANCE, COMMERCIALIZATION, FINANCIAL SERVICES, ABS, SECURITIES OFFERINGS, CAPITAL MARKETS
Macaluso LLP successfully represented a syndicate of lenders in the workout of a loan facility collateralized by significant 16th-century art.
FINANCIAL SERVICES, STRUCTURED FINANCE, ABS, BANKS, CAPITAL MARKETS
As counsel to issuers, sponsors, and commercial and investment banks, the issuance of asset-backed securities and other structured finance transactions across several dozen asset classes, through direct structures, private placements, 144A offerings, asset-backed commercial paper programs, structured investment vehicles and asset-backed shelves.
FINANCIAL SERVICES, BANKS, STRUCTURED FINANCE, ABS, REGULATORY, SECURITIES OFFERINGS, CAPITAL MARKETS
M&A transactions on behalf of acquirers and targets, including partial spin-offs and full divestitures, in connection with restructurings and otherwise of finance companies, banks, and asset-managers as well as companies in the healthcare and agriculture sectors.
M&A, HEALTHCARE, FINANCIAL SERVICES, AGRICULTURE, INTERNATIONAL, CAPITAL MARKETS
General Counsel for a company in the direct investment and asset management business with operations in U.S., Asia and Europe. Responsible for global legal strategy and execution for all domestic and international investments, transactions and operations of the firm, including regulatory matters. The firm owns and manages a portfolio of directly-held private investments in established and growth stage companies, which include leading domestic and international brands, companies and technologies primarily in sectors such as Healthcare, AgTech, FinTech and Sports & Entertainment. Developed the company’s risk management and portfolio intake and monitoring procedures.
COUNSEL SERVICES, HEALTHCARE, SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT, FINANCIAL SERVICES, INTERNATIONAL, U.S., ASIA, EUROPE, MIDDLE EAST, AGRICULTURE, TECHNOLOGY, REGULATORY, CAPITAL MARKETS
On behalf of several prominent private investment funds, the design and formation of credit opportunity and private equity funds and the structuring and execution of various transactions to acquire, finance, and leverage fund assets on the one hand and to monetize or dispose of fund assets on the other hand.
FUNDS, M&A, INTERNATIONAL, SEECURITIES OFFERINGS, REGULATORY, U.S., FINANCIAL SERVICES, CAPITAL MARKETS
Developed an innovative Ag financing program with one of the largest agribusiness companies in the world, with facilities ranging from $100 million to $600 million and in connection with its $1.2 billion divestiture of one of its finance subsidiaries.
FINANCIAL SERVICES, AGRICULTURE, ABS, STRUCTURED FINANCE, CAPITAL MARKETS
Multibillion-dollar/euro government bailouts in the U.S. and Europe. Restructurings and workouts of financial institutions, funds, programs and complex instruments. Clients called on teams led by our Managing Partner from the inception of the capital markets crisis in July 2007. He assisted global banking institutions in the United States and Europe, issuers, sponsors of complex instruments and investment funds in maintaining, obtaining, and in some cases restructuring or otherwise working out privately and through government programs over $150 billion of liquidity.
FINANCIAL SERVICES, U.S., EUROPE, BANKS, STRUCTURED FINANCE, INTERNATIONAL, ABS, REGULATORY, CAPITAL MARKETS
Advisor on structuring and negotiating a €300 million portfolio of Italian mortgage assets using Malta SPV structure.
FINANCIAL SERVICES, STRUCTURED FINANCE, EUROPE, ABS, INTERNATIONAL, REGULATORY, CAPITAL MARKETS
Lead counsel for the arranger for $10 billion multi-strategy, multi-asset “club” conduit funding facility on behalf of the issuer and as lead counsel for the transaction divided into sub-facilities, including a master trust and options for committed long-term conduit financing.
FINANCIAL SERVICES, STRUCTURED FINANCE, ABS, BANKS, CAPITAL MARKETS
Lead counsel on behalf of the lead bank/arranger with regard to a single $9 billion structured loan involving four public companies including two of the world’s largest banks.
FINANCIAL SERVICES, BANKS, STRUCTURED FINANCE, ABS, REGULATORY, CAPITAL MARKETS
As counsel to the originator, the first of its kind innovative $26 billion partial liquidity enhanced extendible notes and commercial paper program.
FINANCIAL SERVICES, STRUCTURED FINANCE, SECURITIES OFFERINGS, ABS, BANKS, CAPITAL MARKETS