Winston & Strawn LLP is pleased to announce that Angus Duncan has joined the firm’s London office as a partner. Mr. Duncan, who was previously at Cadwalader, is the second partner to join Winston’s expanding Corporate Department in London within the past month.
“Angus is a renowned practitioner and we are excited by the momentum and growth the firm’s Corporate Department has experienced recently, especially in London,” said Peter Crowther, Winston & Strawn’s London office managing partner. “We continue to focus on strategically growing the office within key practice areas.”
“Angus fits squarely with our strategic plan to expand globally our high end structured products practice and with core institutional clients of the firm. His reputation and experience are second to none, and we are very excited that Angus is joining us.” said Ron Jacobson and Mats Carlston, who co-chair Winston’s global finance practice.
Mr. Duncan is regarded by Chambers for his “substantial securitization expertise” and “experience advising on securitizations of a range of assets including loans, consumer assets, trade receivables, commercial real estate, hedge fund interests amongst others.” His practice also focuses on insurance-linked securities, including catastrophe bonds, sidecars, industry loss warranties and privately placed transactions with respect to catastrophe, mortality, and longevity risk. Mr. Duncan has also worked in the developing alternative finance markets acting for a number of new market participants.
Mr. Duncan’s structured finance experience includes a number of “market firsts,” such as the first catastrophe bond transaction incorporating a tri-partite repo structure, Europe’s first CRE CDO, the first European pro rata CLO, and the first European CLO managed by a hedge fund.
Prior to Cadwalader, Mr. Duncan spent 11 years at Allen & Overy, including nine years as a partner, and two years where he served as the Tokyo Office Managing Partner. While in Tokyo, he played a key role in the development of the Japanese securitization markets.
Source: www.winston.com
