Brian advises on a wide range of finance matters including performing and non-performing loan acquisitions and financings, securitisations, CLOs, covered bonds, restructurings, refinancings, development loans, warehouse facilities, asset-based lending and secured loan transactions.

Legal 500 UK distinguishes Brian as “highly recommended” for securitisation.

Representative experience includes advising:

• Funds and financing banks on NPL portfolio acquisitions and financings across Europe including Project Jaipur, Project Goya, Project Virage, Project Koala, Project Flash, Project River, Project Phoenix, Project Leinster & Munster, Project Finn, Project Neptune, Project Deepsea and Project Rapide
• KKR Credit on NPL loan acquisitions and structured financings
• Deutsche Bank on numerous NPL portfolio acquisitions and financings
• Davidson Kempner on the acquisition and securitisation of a portfolio of non-conforming mortgage loans as well as other NPL portfolio acquisitions in the UK and Ireland
• Apollo on their European CLOs
• Barclays, Credit Suisse, JP Morgan and Lloyds Bank on the UK Government’s student loan securitisation
• Arrangers and Joint Lead Managers on various ABS warehouses and securitisations
• Barclays as the most significant stakeholder in the Theatre 1 and Theatre 2 whole business securitisations relating to General Healthcare Group (value in excess of £1.5 billion), which Debtwire described as arguably the most complex European securitisation restructuring
• The dealers on Lloyds’ credit card and RMBS master trust securitisation programmes
• The arranger and dealers on Barclays’ credit card and RMBS master trust securitisation programmes
• Lloyds Bank as arranger on a number of UK auto-loan securitisations