Francis Tang

FRANCIS TANG works across a wide range of structured finance transactions and asset classes, including RMBS, CMBS, CLOs, trade receivables, securitized funds financing, EU/UK regulatory advice, and esoteric assets. In addition, he has also trained in the New York and Hong Kong offices of a Magic Circle firm and worked on structured finance transactions in these respective jurisdictions, including SRT trades, CFOs, and infrastructure CLOs.

Recent examples of Francis’ work, include advising:

• A major bank on a novel UK/EU securitization-compliant capital call facility.
• A major bank on loan facilities for various CLOs.
• An arranger consortium on an infrastructure CLO.
• A number of major banks on structured trade receivables transactions as lender counsel, including transactions intentionally structured as non-securitization transactions.
• A private credit borrower on securitization/speciality lending regulations on a facility backed by aircraft loans.
• A specialist fund on a credit card receivables securitization in an emerging markets jurisdiction.
• A major trade association on a recent market consultation of proposed changes to the EU Securitisation Regulation.

The above matters were handled prior to joining Sidley.