Nick Shiren 

Partner – London, Dublin
T.+44 (0) 20 7170 8778
nick.shiren@cwt.com
100 Bishopsgate
London EC2N 4AG
United Kingdom V-CARD
T.+353 (0) 1 2478050
Fitzwilliam Hall
Fitzwilliam Place
Dublin D02 T292
Ireland

Nick Shiren advises investment banks, arrangers, sponsors, issuers and asset managers on structured finance and securitisation transactions. He supports clients in structuring and executing complex financing solutions across a wide range of asset classes and markets.

His practice includes advising on public and private transactions involving commercial real estate debt, corporate loans, fund interests and consumer loans, as well as derivatives and other bespoke financing structures. He works with clients across the UK, Europe and the United States on cross-border and multi-jurisdictional transactions.

Recognition

  • Legal 500 UK – Recognized in Derivatives and Structured Products; Securitisation (2011-current)
  • IFLR1000 – Highly Regarded in Derivatives;  Structured Finance and Securitisation (2017-current)
  • Best Lawyers in the United Kingdom –Recognized in Securitisation Law – (2022-current)
  • Law360 – Recognized in Structured Finance MVP (2022)  
  • Advising numerous arrangers and collateral managers on European CLO transactions including a number of “market-firsts”.
  • Advising numerous collateral managers on risk retention financing solutions.
  • Advising numerous lenders on CRE back-leverage transactions.
  • Advising the lender on a £200,000,000 facility backed by a portfolio of commercial real estate loan assets originated by a leading European alternative investment manager.
  • Advising the lender on a £500 million CRE back-leverage facility made available to a UK based asset manager to fund the origination of development loans.
  • Advising numerous lenders on private credit back-leverage transactions.
  • Advising the lender on a €250 million asset-backed facility made available to an evergreen private debt fund.
  • Advising the lenders on a €995 million facility made available to a leading European private credit fund.
  • Advising Atlas SP Partners on 2 high profile joint venture transactions with Swedish real estate group SBB (Samhällsbyggnadsbolaget i Norden AB) with financing secured by a portfolio of social infrastructure and purpose-built care assets across Sweden and Finland.
  • Advising arrangers, investors and placement agents on collateralised fund obligation transactions.
  • Advising the lenders on a $575,000,000 hybrid facility made available to an Asia-Pacific focused alternative investment firm secured by a portfolio of CRT securities.

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Nick Shiren 

Admissions

  • New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
  • England & Wales
  • Ireland
  • New York

Education

  • University of New South Wales
    LL.M., 2005
  • University of Queensland
    LL.B. (Hons), 1995
  • University of Queensland
    B.Comm., 1991