Steven T. Kolyer, acknowledged as a number one securitization trade lawyer, has joined Cadwalader as co-head of its business actual property, collateralized mortgage obligation practice.
Kolyer is predicated in New York and brings broad expertise in securitizations, structured credit score merchandise, fund formation and finance, and in CLOS, each company and actual property, in accordance with an announcement from the agency.
Throughout Kolyer’s profession—which features a partnership at Sidley Austin, in accordance with a Bloomberg profile—he innovated securitization buildings with business actual property and residential mortgages, business and shopper receivables. He additionally broke new floor in numerous CRE buildings, company CLOs, CFOs and different actively managed fund merchandise, the agency stated.
He can also be a nationally acknowledged securitization lawyer, with listings in The Legal 500 U.S., as a “corridor of fame” inductee and a “main lawyer” in structured finance.
Kolyer joins the agency amongst a current inflow of companions to hitch the agency in 2025 together with Doug Murning and Matt Worth, in fund finance, monetary regulation, monetary restructuring and particular conditions, infrastructure finance and leveraged finance, the corporate stated.