Overview
Cameron Saylor is co-chair of the Structured Credit practice at Paul Hastings and is based in the firm’s London office. Cameron has spent close to 20 years concentrating on structured finance, securitization, asset-backed lending and credit funds, with a focus on CLOs. Cameron advises the leading arrangers and managers on European CLO transactions, having recently advised clients such as Morgan Stanley, Jefferies, Goldman Sachs, Societe Generale, Oak Hill Advisors, Sculptor, ICG, Alcentra, Albacore, Bank of America, Deutsche Bank, JP Morgan, Citi, Barclays, BNPP and Rothschild.
Cameron is experienced in European and U.S. risk retention, having advised on complex and novel compliance issues relevant to both U.S. and European CLO and other securitization transactions. He has spoken at various industry conferences and is regularly quoted in the industry press on recent regulatory matters and structural issues.
Accolades
- Named a 'Leading Individual' for Securitisation - The Legal 500 UK 2024
- Recommended for Capital Markets: CLOs by Chambers 2024, "Cameron is a great lawyer who is on top of market developments and provides good solutions to complicated problems” "A consummate professional, he provides an excellent service to his clients."
- Leading the Chambers Band 1 Euro CLO Team, Cameron is “an excellent lawyer with great knowledge and highly effective delivery."- Chambers 2024
- “Cameron Saylor is widely considered to be an impressive CLO practitioner. He is in demand among arrangers and managers seeking transactional advice… He is very technically-minded, commercial and consistently has his finger on the pulse." "He delivers accurate, high-quality work quickly and efficiently." Chambers 2022, Capital Markets: CLOs
- Structured credit partner Cameron Saylor is a leading authority on EU and US risk retention rules, and he frequently advises key players in the CLO market, among them Deutsche Bank and Goldman Sachs." The Legal 500 2022, Securitisation
Education
- University of Western Ontario (LLB)
- University of Waterloo (BaSC – Civil Engineering)
Admissions
- Solicitor in England and Wales
- New York
Representations
- In 2021 Cameron advised managers and arrangers on 106 European CLO transactions and advised clients on European compliance issues with respect to dozens of U.S. CLOs.
- Cameron advised on the first transaction to price following the Brexit referendum in 2016, advising the clients on a structure to "Brexit proof" the transaction.
- Cameron has recently advised several first-time European CLO managers, and is currently advising the arranging banks on several transactions involving first-time European managers.
- Cameron also regularly advises both lenders and borrowers on asset backed lending facilities.