In the Media
Chris Gavin and Taylor Speers Join Winston’s Structured Finance Practice
In the Media
Chris Gavin and Taylor Speers Join Winston’s Structured Finance Practice
March 28, 2023
Winston & Strawn recently announced the addition of Chris Gavin and Taylor Speers as partners in the firm’s Structured Finance Practice and its Transactions Department. Chris will serve as co-chair of the practice and will be based in the firm’s New York office; Taylor will work in Dallas.
Chris has significant experience with the sale, purchase, securitizing, and financing of many forms of assets and projects. His practice includes residential mortgage loans, residential transition loans, residential mortgage servicing rights, second lien loans, auto loans and leases, marketplace lending assets, commercial mortgage loans, home equity lines of credit, franchise loans, life insurance policy loans, toll road projects, forward sale commodity contracts, lower- and middle-income residential projects, and payroll deduction loans.
Taylor’s practice centers on complex residential mortgage finance transactions. He has represented clients with respect to purchases and sales of mortgage servicing rights, purchases and sales of whole loans, repurchase and other warehouse financing facilities, servicing advance facilities, servicing and origination platform acquisitions, acquisitions of excess servicing strips, and other related matters.
“Chris and Taylor are a compelling team who will further elevate Winston’s Structured Finance Practice and its elite-level work in bespoke assets and transactions,” said Winston Chairman Tom Fitzgerald in the press release announcing their arrival. “Their arrival reinforces Winston’s established reputation for excellence in providing clients with the highest-caliber service in financial transactions.”
Chris and Taylor’s move to Winston has been covered by the following news outlets:
- “Winston Adds Cadwalader Structured Finance Partners in New York, Dallas,” The American Lawyer
- “Cadwalader structured finance partners jump to Winston in NY, Dallas,” Reuters
- “Winston & Strawn Picks Up Cadwalader Corporate Pair,” Law360
- “Cadwalader Loses Top Structured Finance Partners to Winston in NY and Dallas,” JD Journal
- “Wake Up Call: Davis Polk Links Bonuses to In-Office Attendance,” Bloomberg Law