Robert N. Chiperfield, Jr. is a partner in the New York office of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP and is a member of the Structured Finance/Derivatives practice. He represents issuers, underwriters, collateral managers, monoline insurance companies and other credit enhancers and investors in structured finance and derivatives transactions, both in the United States and abroad.
Mr. Chiperfield has participated in the securitization of a wide variety of asset types, including credit card receivables, residential and commercial mortgage loans, home equity loans, manufactured housing loans and auto loans, with a particular focus on collateralized bond and loan transactions (CDOs), asset-backed commercial paper conduit transactions, credit derivative transactions and other structured products. His CDO experience includes cash, market value and synthetic structures and has involved various types of collateral, including high-yield bonds, leveraged loans, distressed loans, middle market loans and mezzanine securities, asset-backed securities, mortgage-backed securities, CDOs, bank, insurance company and REIT trust preferred securities and private equity and hedge fund interests. Mr. Chiperfield also has extensive experience with distressed securitization sponsors/vehicles and derivative counterparties, including in bankruptcy proceedings.
Mr. Chiperfield is a member of Weil’s Financial Regulatory Reform Working Group. He has been ranked as a national leader for Capital Markets – Structured Products by Chambers USA 2008-2013.