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Theresa Kradjian

Morgan Lewis & Bockius

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Position: Partner
Rating:
  • Highly regarded
Bar Admissions:
New York
England & Wales (registered foreign lawyer)
Practice Areas:
Capital markets : Structured finance and securitisation
Jurisdictions:
Industry Sectors:
Banking
Financial services
Biography

Theresa Kradjian has more than 20 years of experience in the securitisation and debt capital markets. She has a broad practice that includes UK RMBS, covered bonds, US and European ABCP, marketplace lending, credit cards and complex cross-border structured transactions for financial institutions. Theresa also works on portfolio sales and warehouse financings for private equity and asset management clients. Her experience spans working with clients in Australia, Asia, Europe, the UK and the US.

Recent transactional highlights
  • Representing major banks in connection with the establishment of US and European multi-billion commercial paper programme utilising repo, derivatives and traditional ABCP technologies.
  • Acting as designated arrangers and dealers counsel under Clydesdale Bank’s Lanark prime RMBS programme.
  • Acting for asset managers in warehouse facilities and public securitisations of SME loans originated through marketplace lending platforms.
  • Acting as US counsel for NewDay under its own-brand and co-brand credit card securitisation programmes.
  • Advising asset managers, banks and other financial institutions in connection with warehouse facilities and portfolio sales of residential mortgage loans and other assets.
Practice areas
  • Capital markets: Debt
  • CLO/CDO
  • Covered bonds
  • Securitisation
  • Structured finance
Sector specialisations
  • Banking
  • Consumer goods and services
  • Industrials
  • Investment management
Bar admissions
  • England & Wales (Registered Foreign Lawyer) 
  • New York
Association memberships
  • Member, American Bar Association
  • Recommended, Finance: Securitization, The Legal 500 UK (2015–2020)
Academic qualifications
  • Harvard Law School, 1997, LLM 
  • London School of Economics, Department of Law, 1996, LLB
Address:
London
Tel:+44 (0)20 3201 5005 Fax:+44 (0)20 3201 5001 Email:Contact this practitioner Website:https://www.morganlewis.com/bios/tkradjian