Graeme P. Smyth

Practice Areas

Graeme Smyth is a partner in the New York office of Latham & Watkins. Mr. Smyth represents banks, underwriters, and issuers in a wide range of asset-backed securitizations and other structured finance transactions, especially those involving esoteric assets.

Mr. Smyth draws on nearly two decades of experience helping clients navigate structured financing of a broad range of assets, including:

• Music catalogs

• Triple net real estate ABS

• Aircraft portfolios and enhanced equipment trust certificate (EETC) aircraft financings

• Shipping containers

• Residential solar power assets

• Railcars

• Rental car fleets

• The financing, leasing, and exchange of airport take-off and landing slots

• Trade and other receivables

He leverages extensive knowledge of different financing approaches to appropriately structure solutions for specific assets, including pioneering music catalog portfolio securitization.