Oscar Saporito
London
Profilo professionale
Senior structured finance lawyer on partnership track, specialising in a broad range of debt capital markets transactions with a focus on securitisation and structured credit. Advising a wide range of market participants, including investors, trustees, agents, service providers and originators, on complex DCM transactions. Extensive experience across structured finance products, including CLOs, RMBS, CMBS and other asset-backed structures, with recent exposure to emerging asset classes such as data centre financings. Acting on high-profile amendments and restructurings of existing transactions, including legacy deals, liability management exercises and consent solicitations.
Panoramica
18
18
years of professional experience
Esperienza lavorativa
Special Counsel
K&L Gates LLP
London
2018.10 - 2026.05
- Advising a wide range of market participants, including investors, trustees, agents, service providers and originators, on complex DCM transactions.
- Extensive experience across structured finance products, including CLOs, RMBS, CMBS and other asset-backed structures, with recent exposure to emerging asset classes such as data centre financings.
- Acting on high-profile restructurings, liability management exercises and contentious matters within structured finance transactions.
- Trusted advisor to clients on transaction structuring, documentation and execution across multi-jurisdictional deals.
- Senior structured finance lawyer on partnership track, specialising in a broad range of debt capital markets transactions with a focus on securitisation and structured credit. (website: https://www.klgates.com/lawyers/Oscar-Saporito)
- Seconded to U.S. Bank (2022) as Interim Transaction Manager within the Corporate Trust team, gaining in-house experience on deal execution and operational aspects of structured finance transactions.
Legal Counsel for UK and Europe
DBRS Ratings Limited
London
2017.10 - 2018.10
- Reviewed structured finance transaction documentation for DBRS-rated issuances, ensuring compliance with DBRS legal criteria and methodologies.
- Advised rating analysts and committees on legal risks impacting credit ratings; distilled and presented key legal terms in a clear, concise manner.
- Provided ongoing legal analysis and interpretative support across a range of structured finance transactions.
- Summarised complex documentation (including term sheets, prospectuses, cash management, portfolio sale and servicing agreements) for analytical review.
- Supported the preparation and review of rating reports and related materials.
- Contributed to the drafting of legal criteria, commentaries and rating methodologies.
- Legal Counsel for UK and Europe (website: www.dbrs.com)
Sole Legal Counsel
KNG Securities LLP
London
2016.01 - 2017.10
- Working closely with the business on debt capital markets and structured finance transactions, including securitisations and project finance transactions.
- Reviewing and negotiating highly complex specialised documentation from initiation through closing.
- Serving as primary contact with investors and other transaction parties (e.g. corporate trustee, servicers, originators and agents) on existing transactions.
- Drafting investor materials, such as reports on the asset pool performance, and reporting any legal or tax issue during the life of the transactions.
- Attracting new business and liaising with new clients, negotiating indicative term sheets and mandate letters, organising asset due diligence and appointing legal counsels.
- Informally canvassing investor views on commercial terms, appetite, credit issues.
- Sole Legal Counsel (website: www.kngsecurities.com)
Structured Finance Lawyer
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
Rome
2010.10 - 2015.12
- Representing both domestic and international investment banks acting as arrangers, lead managers, originator(s), trustees and agents in a variety of structured finance transactions, with particular focus on securitisation transactions.
- Representing both domestic and international investment banks in post-closing matters such as restructuring and unwinding of existing securitisation transactions.
- Giving clients regulatory advice on existing and prospective financially-related legislation, such as EU directives, rules of regulatory organisations and central bank practice.
- Advising Italian banks acting as bondholders on a wide range of litigation issues arising from the bankruptcy of the Lehman Brothers and the General Motors.
- Advising companies, banks, financial intermediaries and special purpose vehicles on general corporate matters.
- Structured Finance Lawyer (website: www.orrick.com)
Litigation Lawyer
Studio Legale Manzione
Salerno
2008.11 - 2010.10
- Working on a wide range of civil and commercial litigation cases.
- The activities included drafting legal acts and performing doctrinal and jurisprudential research, participation in drafting of settlement agreements and hearings.
- Litigation Lawyer
Istruzione
Law LLB Degree -
University of León Faculty of Law
2011-04
Law LLB Degree - undefined
University of Naples “Federico II” Faculty of Law
2009-03
Erasmus Programme - international and comparative law topics
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
2008-01
Languages
Italian
Esperto
English
Esperto
Spanish
Avanzato
Cronologia
Special Counsel
K&L Gates LLP
2018.10 - 2026.05
Legal Counsel for UK and Europe
DBRS Ratings Limited
2017.10 - 2018.10
Sole Legal Counsel
KNG Securities LLP
2016.01 - 2017.10
Structured Finance Lawyer
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
2010.10 - 2015.12
Litigation Lawyer
Studio Legale Manzione
2008.11 - 2010.10
Law LLB Degree - undefined
University of Naples “Federico II” Faculty of Law
Erasmus Programme - international and comparative law topics
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Law LLB Degree -
University of León Faculty of Law