Tara Castillo
USA Guide 2024
Band 4 : Capital Markets: Securitization: ABS
Band 4
About
Provided by Tara Castillo
Practice Areas
Tara represents clients in warehouse finance, structured finance, specialty finance, securitizations, and other asset-backed transactions. Tara represents borrowers, issuers, lenders, placement agents, underwriters, and other industry participants across a broad spectrum of asset classes, including auto loans and leases, consumer loans, credit card receivables, floorplan loans, lease-to-own receivables, merchant cash advance loans, solar loans, and timeshare receivables. Tara has extensive experience representing fintech platforms engaged in consumer lending and other financial products. She also advises on the receivables financing aspects of large industry mergers and acquisitions.
Career
Co-chair, firm’s Finance Group; Co-chair, Auto Finance team. Guest lecturer, Universidad Diego Portales and Universidad de Chile law schools in Santiago, Chile, on securitization and structured finance.
Professional Memberships
D.C. Diversity Committee for the firm’s Washington, D.C. office; Structured Finance Association Women in Securitization Cabinet.
Publications
Co-author of the chapters Securitization Readiness Considerations for Consumer Finance Companies, Timeshare Loan Securitizations, and Auto Loan Securitization in the treatise "Securitization: Legal and Regulatory Issues."
Chambers Review
USA
Tara Castillo is well versed in ABS transactions, with experience that includes advising on consumer receivables.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Tara knows her stuff, is very accessible and works very hard."
"She is an excellent partner to work with."
"Tara knows her stuff, is very accessible and works very hard."
"She is an excellent partner to work with."
Articles, highlights and press releases
1 item provided by Alston & Bird LLP
Alston & Bird Adds Structured Finance Partner B.K. Lee in New York
Alston & Bird has boosted its Finance Group and Structured & Warehouse Finance Team by adding partner Boong-Kyu (B.K.) Lee in New York. B.K. focuses his practice on advising issuers, underwriters, and financial institutions on a wide range of structured finance transactions, including public and pri
Alston & Bird Adds Structured Finance Partner B.K. Lee in New York
Alston & Bird has boosted its Finance Group and Structured & Warehouse Finance Team by adding partner Boong-Kyu (B.K.) Lee in New York. B.K. focuses his practice on advising issuers, underwriters, and financial institutions on a wide range of structured finance transactions, including public and pri