Anna Louiza Spentzou
Anna Louiza Spentzou
Biography
Anna is an Associate in the Firm's Capital Markets group in London and a member of the Structured Credit team.
Anna has experience advising clients on a broad range of structured credit transactions including securitisations, receivables financing, asset-based lending and regulatory capital deals, as well as on the related regulatory frameworks including the Securitisation Regulation, the CRR and related significant risk transfer ("SRT") and simple, transparent and standardized ("STS") regimes.
Anna represents financial institutions, investment funds and corporates covering asset classes such as corporate and consumer loans, non-performing loans, auto leases and equipment lease receivables.
Experience
Deutsche Bank as arranger and placement agent on the International Finance Corporation's inaugural Trade Finance Synthetic Securitisation, a first of its kind transaction that mobilises private capital to support trade and jobs in emerging markets.
Bank Deutsches Kraftfahrzeuggewerbe, a subsidiary of Société Générale S.A., on its €700 million asset-backed securitisation of auto-loan receivables originated by BDK.
Piraeus Bank S.A. on its €2 billion synthetic simple, transparent, and standardized securitisation under the Ermis programme, involving the placement with private investors of a mezzanine credit-linked-note tranche referencing a portfolio of corporate and SME loans.
Avida Finans AB on its first synthetic securitisation transaction in accordance with the EU regulations on simple, transparent and standardised securitisations (STS). The reference portfolio consists of consumer loans with a total value of up to SEK 2.8 billion originated by Avida and granted to borrowers in the Nordics. The transaction involves the placement of the mezzanine tranche in the form of credit linked notes with private investors.
Bayerische Landesbank on its first synthetic securitisation transaction in accordance with the EU regulations on simple, transparent, and standardized securitisations (STS). The reference portfolio consists of corporate credit facilities originated by Bayerische Landesbank with a total value of €1 billion. The transaction involved the placement of the mezzanine tranche in the form of credit linked notes with private investors. This is the first German synthetic STS transaction in the form of credit linked notes issued directly by a bank.
Hamburg Commercial Bank (HCOB), as senior lender, on a securitization transaction of a portfolio of non-performing loans of Lowell Danmark A/S (Lowell), one of the largest providers of credit management services in Europe, with a gross book value of approximately €341 million.
Hyundai Capital Bank Europe GmbH on its inaugural public €500 million asset-backed securitisation of auto-loan receivables originated by Hyundai Capital Bank Europe.
Intrum Holding AB on the securitisation of Piraeus Bank's Sunrise III portfolio, comprising retail and corporate performing and non-performing loans with a €500 million gross book value, including Intrum's acquisition of approximately 44 percent of the mezzanine and junior notes.