Timothy Cleary
UK Guide 2025
Band 2 : Capital Markets: Structured Products
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About
Provided by Timothy Cleary
Practice Areas
Timothy Cleary specialises in structured finance and bank capital management. He has a particular focus on synthetic securitisation and other credit risk mitigation and risk transfer transactions, acting for banks and investors across Europe, North America and Asia.
Timothy also has broad experience in all aspects of OTC derivatives, in particular in connection with asset-backed securitisation, whole business securitisation, project and asset finance and real estate finance, as well as the repackaging of derivative exposures and securities financing transactions. He regularly advises industry bodies such as the Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) and Prime Collateralised Securities (PCS) in relation to the evolving regulatory landscape for securitisation in the EU.
Career
University of Melbourne (LLB and BA) 2003
Admitted as a solicitor in Victoria, Australia 2004
Joined Clifford Chance 2005
Harris Manchester College, Oxford (MSt in Legal Research) 2010
Admitted as a solicitor in England & Wales 2015
Partner since 2017
Chambers Review
UK
Timothy Cleary receives praise for his knowledge of synthetic securitisation and is sought out by banks for his guidance on transactions.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Timothy is one of the pre-eminent experts in this space. He is very much trusted in terms of his judgement and knowledge, and he is thoughtful and reasonable."
"Timothy is one of the pre-eminent experts in this space. He is very much trusted in terms of his judgement and knowledge, and he is thoughtful and reasonable."
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