Pillsbury today announced that Anthony Schouten and Jeffrey Stern have joined its Finance group as partners in New York. Formerly with Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP, the highly-regarded partners’ experience includes securitization, derivatives, commodities and cross-border structured financings. Their addition continues Pillsbury’s strategic expansion of its New York office and further strengthens the firm’s capabilities for advising commercial and investment banks, asset managers, private equity funds and global businesses in structured finance.
“These talented and innovative lawyers are outstanding additions to Pillsbury’s already deep bench of Finance practitioners. They will help us respond to the growing demand from our financial services clients for legal counsel on complex matters and allow us to broaden our service offerings in securitization and derivatives, including in the slowly rebounding CLO market,” said New York partner Mats G. Carlston, leader of Pillsbury’s Finance group. Carlston noted that Schouten and Stern join Pillsbury only two weeks after the firm added a trio of renowned Insolvency & Restructuring partners to its New York office, demonstrating Pillsbury’s strategic growth focus on the financial services sector.
“Pillsbury’s broad Finance profile coupled with the firm’s international platform and industry focus make it an exciting home for our practices,” Stern stated. “We look forward to offering our clients expanded capabilities by leveraging Pillsbury’s industry experience and strengths in regulation and litigation.”
Nationally-ranked for “Capital Markets: Securitization” by Chambers USA and Chambers Global, Jeffrey Stern is “highly regarded for his handling of domestic and cross-border asset-based financings,” according to the guides. He has extensive experience in structured finance and derivatives, where he has played a leading role in developing and refining new forms of domestic and cross-border asset-based financings, credit derivative structures and other risk transfer transactions. His clients include investment and commercial banks, insurance companies and private equity funds, among others. Stern has significant experience with many forms of asset-based lending and the restructuring and financing of distressed assets. He also has a history of work in Latin America, focusing on cross-border financings and derivatives transactions in Brazil and Mexico. He received his B.A. from Harvard College and his J.D. from Columbia University School of Law.
Nationally-ranked under “Capital Markets: Structured Products” in Chambers USA and Chambers Global, which describe him as a “highly intelligent lawyer and a strong, creative legal thinker,” Anthony Schouten has a diverse corporate practice spanning structured finance, corporate restructuring and commodities and derivatives experience. He frequently advises clients developing cutting-edge product and service offerings that require unique solutions to complex challenges. Schouten crafts and negotiates derivative and structured credit products for major investment banks and has also advised leading asset managers and other end users of such instruments. Prior to joining Stroock, Schouten served as a clerk at the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg and in New York State Court. He holds a B.A. from Temple University and a J.D. from Fordham University School of Law.
Pillsbury’s finance lawyers represent domestic and international clients in a wide variety of regulatory advice and financial transactions, including commercial lending, derivatives, equipment finance, leveraged finance, project finance, trade finance, structured finance, debt restructuring, tax-exempt financing, and distressed investing and debt trading. Pillsbury also offers a broad spectrum of corporate trust and agency services from initial issuance to defaulted obligations. Clients include banks, insurance companies, funds and other financial institutions. Attorneys also serve the company side of financial transactions for the firm’s corporate and private equity clients.
