Securitisation

Clayton Utz is the pre-eminent Australian law firm in securitisation. We offer the largest team in Australia and have been involved in most of the significant securitisation transactions in recent years. As a result, we provide clients a deep understanding of the legal, structural and regulatory aspects of securitisation.

Overview

Clayton Utz's securitisation lawyers deliver value based on a deep experience advising on the most complex issues in securitisation transactions and in 2021 were awarded the Structured Finance and Securitisation Deal of the Year.

 

Experience

Our lawyers have recently been working with clients to develop new and innovative capital markets instruments such as hybrid securities, synthetic securitisations, structured derivatives, commercial-mortgage backed securities, new classes of asset-backed securities, and covered bonds.

Our reputation for innovation is based on a series of firsts, including structuring and documenting the world's first foreign issue into the US under the new Reg AB rules. We also structured and documented Australia's first:

  • mortgage conduit program;
  • Reserve Bank approved bank securitisation;
  • credit derivative securitisation;
  • commercial-mortgage backed securitisation by a property trust;
  • 144A issue of mortgage-backed securities into the US;
  • US shelf registered mortgage-backed securities issue; and
  • issue of mortgage-backed securities wrapped by a monoline insurer.

Our clients encompass the full securitisation environment including issuers, arrangers, originators, dealers, funders, swap counterparties and professional trustees. This allows us to understand the drivers and perspectives of all stakeholders and bring these insights into the techniques and structures we afford clients.

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Toolkits

Insights
The revised Eligibility Criteria for Self-Securitisations: your action plan for compliance
17 Apr 2024 | Article
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The chicken and the egg: using securitisation as part of the financing for an acquisition of a target entity
3 Mar 2022 | Article
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Media Release: Clayton Utz named Australia Firm of the Year at IFLR Asia-Pacific Awards 2021
25 Mar 2021 | Media Release
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More sectors to be critical infrastructure, increased obligations, and wider government powers in draft Bill – so comment now
20 Nov 2020 | Article
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WA allows witnessing of affidavits and statutory declarations remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic
15 Oct 2020 | Article
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The legal ramifications of a falsely applied electronic signature
1 Oct 2020 | Article
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NSW launches remote witnessing pilot scheme; Treasurer remakes e-signing arrangements for companies
29 Sep 2020 | Article
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Governance, culture, accountability – APRA voices its expectations and intentions
30 May 2019 | Article
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ASIC funding boost to fund expanded regulatory and enforcement program
16 Aug 2018 | Article
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New ipso facto regime clearer with final Regulations, but uncertainty for business and insolvency sector remains
26 Jun 2018 | Article
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The duty of confidentiality and non-bank financial institutions
9 Feb 2004 | Article
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