Trystan is an associate in the finance practice with a focus on securitisation and structured finance.
Trystan focuses on securitisation and structured finance, including public and private securitisations, warehouse lending, forward flow transactions and portfolio acquisitions, in the UK, Europe and worldwide. He works with credit and private equity firms, investment and retail banks, lending and financial services businesses, and corporate borrowers. Trystan's practice also covers related regulatory matters.
Background
Trystan is qualified as a solicitor in England and Wales. Prior to joining the team as an associate, he trained in the firm's financial services regulatory and commercial litigation teams, and was seconded to the legal team of a major FTSE 100 company. Trystan is also a fluent Welsh speaker.
Experience & expertise
Selected matters
- an investment bank as arranger in relation to the financing of a portfolio of more than €300 million of Spanish mortgage transfer certificates and mortgage transfer participations
- Virgin Atlantic on matters relating to its multi-award winning securitisation of its Heathrow airport landing slots – the first transaction of its kind in Europe
- JBR Capital on matters relating to its syndicated securitisation warehouse facility to fund its origination of high end auto finance receivables, including a dual STS/non-STS structure (the first of its kind to be verified by PCS)
- Blue Motor Finance, a fintech auto lender, on a number of warehouse facilities and forward flow transactions
- Citibank as lender on an English law securitisation warehouse facility for an Irish point of sale and consumer lease originator
- Oaktree European Capital Solutions on a structured warehouse facility for its portfolio company Silbury Finance, to fund commercial real estate development lending in the UK
- Aros Kapital on an investment and funding structure relating to UK commercial real estate loans made over a specialist SME finance platform
- Sequra WorldWide, a Spanish fintech platform in respect of the warehouse financing of its origination of point of sale loans to consumers in Spain
- Splend on a hybrid asset-backed facility, to fund its specialist car leasing business (providing electric vehicles to ride hailing services) in the UK and Australia
