Overview
Brian Maher is a partner in the Asset-Backed Finance practice at Paul Hastings and is based in the London office. He has experience in the acquisition, sale and securitization of a wide range of asset types, including equipment loans and leases, mortgage loans, rental car fleets, credit card receivables, point of sale receivables, trade receivables, student loans, unsecured consumer loans, SME loans, performing and non-performing loan portfolio acquisitions and financings, restructurings, refinancings, forward flows, warehouse facilities, CLOs, asset-based lending, and secured loan transactions. His clients have included Apollo, Barclays, Deutsche Bank, Haydock Finance, Redding Ridge, and TPG Angelo Gordon.
Brian is recognized as a Rising Star by IFLR1000 UK for Structured Finance and Securitization and a leading individual for Securitization by Legal 500 UK.
Recognitions
- IFLR1000 UK, Notable Practitioner (2024)
- Legal 500 UK, Leading Individual (2024)
Education
- Michael Smurfit Business School, MBS 2002
- University College Dublin, BBLS 2001 (Dean’s List of Honours)
- The Law Society of Ireland, PPCII 2005
- The Law Society of Ireland, PPCI 2004
Representations
- Apollo on various consumer, equipment lease and loan, rental car, NAV, and other ABS warehouse financing transactions
- Apollo on their European CLO transactions
- Barclays on numerous mortgage-backed, credit card, SME, whole business private and public ABS transactions
- Deutsche Bank on numerous performing and non-performing loan portfolio acquisition financings across Europe, consumer ABS, CRE financings, SME, bridging loans, and fintech financings
- Haydock Finance on various private and public asset-backed financings of equipment leases
- Redding Ridge on their European CLO transactions
- Sixth Street Partners (formerly TPG Capital) on various ABS, SME, and CRE related financings
- TPG Angelo Gordon on the asset-backed financing of UK SME loans
- Credit Suisse, JP Morgan, Lloyds Bank, and another major financial institution on the UK Government’s first ever student loan securitization
- The largest stakeholder in the Theatre 1 and Theatre 2 whole business securitizations relating to General Healthcare Group (value in excess of £1.5 billion), which Debtwire described as arguably the most complex European securitization restructuring
- Private credit funds, including Bain Capital Credit, Davidson Kempner, and KKR Credit on non-performing / non-conforming asset-backed financing transactions
- The dealers on Lloyds’ credit card and RMBS master trust securitization programs
- The arranger and dealers on Barclays’ credit card and RMBS master trust securitization programs
Matters may have been handled prior to joining Paul Hastings.