Ranked by both Chambers Global and Chambers USA as one of the leading securitization practices: "the lawyers understand the area and can produce ground breaking ideas," "a superb shop."

Broad range of experience in products and transactions covering areas such as asset-backed securitizations (including MTNs and commercial paper transactions), mortgage-backed securitizations, collateralized debt and loan obligations, derivatives, rental car fleet financings, and ABS and CDO restructurings

Among the first law firms to combine securitization and derivatives practices to meet the needs of its world-class clients, Weil delivers unmatched experience in this area. Its understanding of and work in the structured finance and derivatives markets spans the globe, helping the world’s market leaders navigate the most complex domestic and cross-border deals throughout the US, Asia and Europe.

Hailed by clients as great negotiators who understand the risks and opportunities of these transactions, Weil’s innovation and sophistication in the evolving financial marketplace has earned the firm the distinction of having two transactions named “Deal of the Year” by the Asset Securitization Report: the first, the groundbreaking $5.9 billion rental car fleet securitization consummated in connection with the LBO of the Hertz Corporation, and the other involved the firm’s representation of Morgan Stanley & Co. in BlackRock Financial Management’s Tourmaline CDO, the first hybrid CDO structure in the US market. Weil's structured finance and derivatives attorneys are prized by clients for being able to bring a fresh perspective to novel issues.

Leading domestic and international corporate players and financial institutions choose Weil’s highly respected structured finance and derivatives attorneys for a broad spectrum of products and transactions covering areas such as asset-backed securitizations (including MTNs and commercial paper transactions), mortgage-backed securitizations, collateralized debt and loan obligations, derivatives, rental car fleet financings, and ABS and CDO restructurings. The firm’s clients include issuers, underwriters, collateral managers, credit enhancers, investors and other leading participants in the industry.