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James Smallwood

Partner

London

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James Smallwood

Partner

London

James advises on a broad range of capital markets and structured financing transactions, with a focus on structured finance and products.

His structured finance practice covers public CLO transactions (both arbitrage and balance sheet), warehouse financings, fund financings, originator financings, private placements, repos, repackagings, bespoke funding and regulatory capital involving both securitisation and derivatives technology. James is a leading adviser to the European CLO market, on both the arranger and manager side, having worked within the firm’s market-leading global CLO practice since the return of European CLO 2.0s in 2014.

Expertise

Sectors

Private Capital

Office

London

One Bishops Square
London
E1 6AD

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Qualifications

Professional

Admitted as a Solicitor (England and Wales), 2014

Academic

Bachelor of Laws (LLB), College of Law Moorgate (GDL/LPC), 2011

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), History, University of York, 2009

Published work

  • J.Smallwood (2023) "Collateral quality or increased recoveries: CLO portfolio management in a time of credit deterioration", London: Butterworths Journal of International Banking and Financial Law