Franz Ranero
Partner
London
Franz Ranero
Partner
London
Contact Details
Franz advises on a broad range of capital markets and financing transactions, with a focus on structured finance and products.
His structured finance practice covers bespoke funding, liquidity, regulatory capital and arbitrage structures involving both securitisation and derivatives technology, including providing financing to regulated and unregulated funds. His structured products experience extends to credit, fund and equity-linked products, repackaging platforms and other derivative and structured securities. Franz is a pre-eminent adviser to the CLO market, having developed and led the firm’s market-leading global CLO practice.
Franz is also involved in the social finance and impact investing sectors, where he advises various wholesale participants on products and market infrastructure in those spheres. In addition to managing his legal practice, he is the global co-head of the firm’s pro bono and community investment activity, and he is also a trustee and director of Access, a social investment foundation, as well as being chair of its investment committee, and Stem4, a teenage mental health charity.
Franz is listed as a leading structured finance lawyer (Band #1) in Chambers, rated as "Highly Regarded" in IFLR 1000 and listed as a leading structured products and securitisation lawyer in Legal 500.
Qualifications
Professional
Admitted as Solicitor, Ireland, 2018
Admitted as Solicitor, England and Wales, 2002
Legal Practitioner, New South Wales, Australia, 1998
Academic
Master of Laws (Research), 1998
Bachelor of Laws (First Class Honours), 1997
Bachelor of Business (Distinction), 1996
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Experience highlights
Established a number of secured funding platforms for major financial institutions for the raising of credit and/or liquidity backed by a wide range of asset classes.
Advising banks and sponsors on the provision of leverage to direct lending, mid-market and other credit funds, having advised a significant proportion of the key market participants on the development of their products in this market.
Established many of the most prominent CLO risk retention vehicles in the European market, including those arranged by Napier Park, Blackstone, Chenavari, Investcorp and Partners Group.
Advising arrangers and managers on a significant proportion of all European CLOs brought to market since the financial crisis.
Qualifications
Professional
Admitted as Solicitor, Ireland, 2018
Admitted as Solicitor, England and Wales, 2002
Legal Practitioner, New South Wales, Australia, 1998
Academic
Master of Laws (Research), 1998
Bachelor of Laws (First Class Honours), 1997
Bachelor of Business (Distinction), 1996
Pro bono
- Global Co-Head of Pro Bono and Community Investment.
- Regularly advises market participants in the social finance and impact investing sectors.
- Trustee and Director of Access - The Foundation for Social Investment.
- Trustee and Director of Stem4, a teenage mental health charity.
Published work
- Franz has published a number of articles and has contributed to legal and industry publications in the structured capital markets field.
Recognition
'Franz Ranero is an outstanding adviser on CLO transactions. He is a leading choice for global banks seeking guidance on CLO issuances and deal-related regulatory advice.' 'He is a very smart and very commercial lawyer and has his finger on the pulse of the market.' 'He is incredibly responsive and very helpful.'
Chambers, 2021
Franz Ranero is 'hard-working, commercial, very responsive and helpful in coming up with solutions,' according to clients, who also say: 'His knowledge and advice on CLO matters is a tremendous support.' 'He is well known for advising banks and other financial institutions.'
Chambers, 2020
Sources note: 'He pioneered some complicated and ground-breaking risk retention structures, which now serve as market-standard benchmarks.'
Chambers, 2017
Franz Ranero is a leading light in the CLO market.
Legal 500, 2019
