Felix Mueller
Felix Mueller
Biography
Felix Mueller is an associate in the Firm's Capital Solutions group, specialising in complex structured finance transactions. He is currently based in our UAE offices.
Felix advises on a broad range of structured finance matters, including derivatives (conventional and Islamic), sukuk transactions, cash and synthetic securitisations, warehouse financings, asset-based lending transactions and loan portfolio acquisitions and financings (performing and non-performing). Felix represents both domestic and international clients, such as financial institutions, investment funds and corporates, covering asset classes including residential mortgages, corporate and consumer loans, auto loans, trade receivables and diamond receivables.
Felix has also completed a secondment at a European multilateral institution.
Experience
Advising Goldman Sachs, Citi, ATLAS and Apollo on successfully refinancing Tamara's first-of-its-kind Gasoline 1.0 buy now, pay later securitisation in Saudi Arabia, which was originally arranged by Goldman Sachs in 2023 with the assistance of White & Case. With a commitment that can be scaled to US$2.4 billion, the transaction is the largest limited-recourse funding in Saudi Arabia for a fintech company in the consumer sector to date.
Advising Goldman Sachs International, as senior lender, on an English-law-governed warehouse securitisation of BNPL receivables originated by Tamara in the UAE — a follow-on transaction from Tamara’s landmark BNPL warehouse securitisation transaction in Saudi Arabia.
Advising Goldman Sachs International, as senior lender, on an English-law-governed forward-flow securitisation of Sharia-compliant funding facilities to SMEs originated via the Beehive P2P Limited origination platform in the UAE and the subsequent upsize of the facility in January 2026.
Advising Deem Finance LLC on its inaugural English-law-governed securitisation of close to its entire book of consumer finance, car finance and merchant finance assets.
Advising the European Investment Bank in connection with a landmark cash securitisation of polish auto loans originated by VEHIS Finanse sp. z o.o. (Vehis), one of Poland’s leading sales financing businesses. The transaction involved the conversion of Vehis warehouse financing structure into Poland’s first public securitisation transaction worth PLN1.35 billion (USD372.5 million).
Advising a large Middle Eastern bank on its standard template documentation for non-deliverable Islamic target redemption forwards.
Advising a data centre developer on its finance-linked hedges entered into in connection with an asset-backed data centre financing.
Advising a large Middle Eastern bank on a back-to-back risk participation swap with an investment-grade-rated multilateral finance institution.
Advising Benteler on finance-linked hedges entered into in connection with the issuance of various financial instruments.
Advising the European Investment Fund in connection with a synthetic securitisation of a EUR 2 billion portfolio of loans originated by an Italian bank to Italian SMEs, mid-caps and corporates.
Advising the European Investment Fund in connection with portfolio guarantee transactions under the European Guarantee Fund.
Advising a boutique Middle Eastern arranger on multiple amendments to a repackaged note programme and issuances of credit-linked notes linked to frontier jurisdictions thereunder.
Advising Stargems DMCC, a diamond trading company established in the Dubai Multi Commodity Centre, on a diamond receivables securitisation.
Representation of Hoist Finance AB (Hoist) on a strategic partnership with alternative investment manager Magnetar Capital (Magnetar) for joint non-performing loan (NPL) portfolio investments on a pan-European level.
