Joanne Ziegler
Partner
Cayman Islands
Joanne is a partner based in the Cayman Islands office.
She joined Walkers in 2014 and is a member of the firm's Global Finance Group.
Joanne specialises in securitisation and structured finance transactions. She has extensive experience in collateralised loan obligation transactions (CLOs), including broadly-syndicated, private credit, commercial real estate and TruPS CDO transactions. She also works closely with leading on-shore law firms advising financial institutions, investment managers and issuers on a variety of transactions, including asset-backed lending facilities, aircraft ABS transactions, fund-linked note issuances, repack and other note programmes, structured repo and other bespoke structured transactions. Joanne also regularly advises in relation to listings of debt on the Cayman Islands Stock Exchange.
Joanne specialises in securitisation and structured finance transactions. She has extensive experience in collateralised loan obligation transactions (CLOs), including broadly-syndicated, private credit, commercial real estate and TruPS CDO transactions. She also works closely with leading on-shore law firms advising financial institutions, investment managers and issuers on a variety of transactions, including asset-backed lending facilities, aircraft ABS transactions, fund-linked note issuances, repack and other note programmes, structured repo and other bespoke structured transactions. Joanne also regularly advises in relation to listings of debt on the Cayman Islands Stock Exchange.
Experience and recent work
Before joining Walkers in 2014, Joanne worked in the finance team at another major law firm in the Cayman Islands for nine years. Prior to that, she was in the banking and tax teams at Russell McVeagh in Auckland where she worked on a range of securitisation and capital markets transactions.
Qualifications
Admitted in:
- Cayman Islands
- New Zealand (not practising)
Education:
- BCom/LLB (Hons) University of Auckland
2023 Chambers Global - Notable Practitioner - Corporate & Finance
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