Overview
Jason Brooks is a partner in the Structured Credit practice at Paul Hastings and is based in the firm’s London office. He advises investment banks, hedge funds and other financial institutions and corporates on a wide range of structured finance and derivatives products.
His practice includes asset-based finance transactions, such as margin lending, receivables and fund back-leverage structures, as well as risk transfer transactions, including capital relief trades, credit derivatives and risk participation agreements.
Jason advises on a variety of formats to meet client needs, including loan agreements, bonds, derivatives, repo and stock lending transactions. His experience spans a range of underlying asset classes, including credit, equities, rates and commodities.
He also advises clients on the impact of various regulations relating to derivatives and structured finance.
Accolades
- Named a 'Leading Individual' for Derivatives and Structured Products - The Legal 500 UK 2023
Education
- University of Toronto, J.D.
Representations
- A number of clients on risk transfer arrangements, including risk participations, credit linked notes and CDSs, including several insurance companies and funds on investments into credit-linked note structures and related CDS hedging;
- A number of investors and arrangers in respect of synthetic securitisation structures, including CLN and derivatives structures;
- Issuers on the establishment and update of EU-listed structured note programmes and repackaging programmes and advised both issuers and investors in relation to numerous issuances and listings of structured notes, including equity-linked notes, credit-linked notes, index-linked notes and other bespoke structures;
- Both investors and originators on securitisations of fintech loans, including a USD 100million Nigerian fintech securitisation;
- A Spanish asset manager on two EUR 100million revolving credit facilities in respect of a credit fund investing in corporate loans;
- An investment firm in respect of several collateralised collar transactions in respect of EUR 1billion+ of EU listed shares;
- Various total return swaps, including a financing of an energy company through convertible loan notes funded through a total return swap;
- Various credit-linked deposit arrangements, including self-referencing reciprocal or cross-deposit extinguisher arrangements;
- Various commodities-linked arrangements, including asset-backed bullion programmes, oil price hedging and commodity repo transactions;
- Major financial institutions on various regulatory projects and industry-wide initiatives, including EMIR compliance, Brexit and IBOR transition;
- A number of investment banks and private equity firms on deal contingent hedging on a number of US and European M&A transactions; and
- A number of investment banks on structured repurchase and stock lending transactions, including leverage financing for CLO investment vehicle, and repos over portfolios of loans
- A number of investment banks on structured repurchase and stock lending transactions, including leverage financing for CLO investment vehicle, and repos over portfolios of loans; and
- Hedge providers on various securitisation structures including RMBS, CMBS, CLOs and whole business securitisations.
News
- Paul Hastings Advised Boldyn Networks in Securing New Debt Financing - August 19th, 2024
- Paul Hastings Advised on Financing for Acquisition of Telecom Tower Portfolio from Telekom Srbija - February 20th, 2024
- Paul Hastings Advised Lenders on Phoenix Energy Refinancing - February 14th, 2024
- Paul Hastings Again Recognized in the 2024 Edition of The Legal 500 UK Solicitors - October 5th, 2023
- Paul Hastings Receives High Rankings in the 2023 Edition of The Legal 500 UK Solicitors - September 29th, 2022
- Paul Hastings Continues Top-Tier Talent Surge With Addition to its Market-Leading Structured Credit Team in London - June 20th, 2022