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Aiden Small

Arthur Cox

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Position: Partner, Finance
Rating:
  • Highly regarded
Bar Admissions:
Ireland
England & Wales
Practice Areas:
Capital markets : Structured finance and securitisation
Capital markets : Derivatives
Jurisdictions:
Industry Sectors:
Banking
Financial services
Investment management
Languages:
English
Client feedback

Client feedback - Financial and corporate 2017

"Extremely responsive and helpful."

Biography

Aiden is a partner in the Finance Group.  He specialises in credit products, debt capital markets, structured finance and derivatives and works closely with the financial regulatory and investment funds teams.  His practice also encompasses market infrastructure, netting and collateral analysis.  Aiden’s clients include asset managers, investment banks, hedge funds, private equity firms and institutional investors. 

Prior to joining Arthur Cox, Aiden worked for a number of years in London with Allen & Overy, UBS and Morgan Stanley.

Recent transactional highlights
  • Advising on the establishment of CLOs and/or CLO originator/retention structures for, amongst others, Blackstone/GSO, CIFC, CVC, KKR, MAN GLG, Napier Park, Partners Group and Sound Point
  • Advising KKR on the establishment of various European direct lending and investment strategies
  • Advising Morgan Stanley on various RMBS and CMBS transactions
  • Advising Starwood Capital on irish real estate development lending projects 
  • Advising Lone Star on all of its Irish RMBS transactions
Practice areas
  • Capital markets: Debt
  • Capital markets: Derivatives
  • CLO/CDO
  • Hedge funds
  • Investment funds
  • Private equity
  • Private equity funds
  • Securitisation
  • Structured finance/securitisation
Sector specialisations
  • Banking
  • Financial services
  • Investment management
  • Real estate
Bar admissions
  • Ireland
Association memberships
  • Law Society of Ireland
Academic qualifications
  • LLB, B. Corp Law, National University of Ireland Galway (1997)
  • LLM, Cambridge University (1998)
Address:
Dublin
Tel:+353 1 920 1072 Email:Contact this practitioner Website:http://www.arthurcox.com/aiden-small