Anderson Mori & Tomotsune

Structured Finance

One of the essential elements of a structured finance transaction is the conversion of various types of assets into marketable securities. With the ability to assess the risk and return involved in a given transaction accurately and efficiently, Anderson Mori & Tomotsune’s structured finance attorneys provide comprehensive advice on all issues arising in connection with the vast means of financing available in the marketplace, including new financing facilities.

Securitization

Being one of the country’s leaders and innovators in establishing and structuring securitization and other structured finance transactions, our structured finance attorneys have represented underwriters and other arrangers, originators, issuers, and investors in securitizations of numerous asset classes, including:

	commercial real estate;
	consumer finance receivables;
	corporate debt obligations;
	equipment lease receivables;
	promissory notes;
	residential mortgages and housing loans; and
	trade receivables.

Anderson Mori & Tomotsune’s structured finance attorneys specialize and have extensive experience in numerous domestic and cross border securitization, real-estate/finance and other structured finance transactions, including the completion of a large number of private transactions, particularly in relation to the securitization of consumer finance receivables and on behalf of asset-backed CP conduits. Working with a number of investment banks and international investors in devising securitization structures for single-property, multi-property and conduit-type transactions, we offer a full range of expertise at every level of transaction.

Matters that are Representative of our Structured Finance Practice Include:

	Securitization and Asset Liquidation;
	Origination (transfers or assignments) of assets, setting up trusts, assignments of beneficial interests in trusts; of loan assets and other credit receivables (such as bank loans, credit leases, consumer credit loans, housing loans), real property (such as office buildings, shopping centers and residential properties), and bonds, notes, promissory notes and other securities;
	TK (tokumei-kumiai) investments (sponsor investments using the TK partnership structure), non-recourse loans, issuance of various asset-backed securities (ABS) (including collateralized loan obligations (CLO), commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) and, asset-backed commercial papers (ABCP)), and securitization of collateralised debt obligations (CDO) using credit derivatives;
	Establishing and registering special purpose vehicle companies and related administration and services;
	Setting-up and listing of real property investment trusts and other related services;
	Sale and purchase of loan assets (including non-performing loans and bad debts) and debt restructuring (such as DPO);
	Asset management and services relating to liquidated or securitized assets;
	Setting-up of corporate restructuring funds and project finance; and
	Private finance initiatives (PFI).