DLA Piper finance partner Kos Vavelidis relocates to the New York office
DLA Piper finance partner Kos Vavelidis has relocated from the firm’s London office to New York, where he will continue to advise clients on global securitization transactions, including Collateralized Loan Obligations (CLOs).
Kos advises financial institutions, including originators, issuers, arrangers, investment managers, and investors on a broad range of structured finance, derivatives, securitization, and asset-backed lending matters, with a particular focus on CLOs. He has extensive experience in structuring CLOs and public and private securitizations to comply with a variety of regulatory requirements, including US risk retention requirements, the Dodd-Frank Act and the EU and UK Securitization Regulations, as they apply to European and US transactions.
He has been at the forefront of developments in the CLO space and has acted for all of the major CLO arranger banks in Europe and for some of the largest CLO managers in Europe and the US. Kos will continue advising on both European and US CLOs out of New York, representing managers and arrangers at a time where the CLO industry is poised for further growth.
“We’re excited to have Kos join our US team. His experience with private credit funds and CLO managers across both sides of the Atlantic will no doubt benefit our clients in this space,” said Richard Reilly, Global Co-Chair of DLA Piper’s Finance Practice and Head of its Structured Finance Group.
“Kos boasts impressive cross-border experience, and we are pleased to welcome him to New York and work alongside him to best serve our clients,” said Cara Edwards, Managing Partner of the firm’s New York office.
DLA Piper advises on all aspects of financing, across borders, sectors, and financial products. The firm’s lawyers advise issuers, underwriters, selling shareholders, sponsors, arrangers, lead managers, originators, dealers, trustees, and depositaries on a broad range of capital markets offerings, including equity, equity-linked, and debt securities, structured and project financings, and securitizations.