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Paul Osborne

Senior Counsel

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Paul specialises in structured finance, derivatives and asset-based fund finance.

In structured finance, Paul advises major investment banks on a broad range of multi-jurisdictional structured finance transactions, including credit-linked and equity derivative trades structured repo and stock lending transactions and other bespoke structures.

In fund financing, Paul advises banks, funds and sponsors on a broad range of hedge fund and private equity fund financings, with a particular focus on asset-backed credit facilities.
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He understands the commercial aspects of our deals and is able to deliver practical advice.

Legal 500

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Exceptional for asset based deals.

Legal 500

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Paul Osborne is excellent, very detail oriented, responsive and hardworking

IFLR 1000

Experience and recent work

Before joining Walkers, Paul was a senior associate in the Structured and Asset Finance group of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, which he joined in 2006. Prior to joining Freshfields, Paul was an assistant solicitor in the Asset Finance group of Denton Wilde Sapte, where he qualified in 2002.​

Qualifications

Admitted in:

  • Cayman Islands
  • England and Wales (not practising)

 

Education:

  • LLB Hons (2:1) Queen Mary & Westfield College, University of London
  • LLM (Merit) in Corporate and Commercial Law, University College London
  • Legal Practice Course (Distinction), University of Westminster

2023 IFLR 1000 - Rising Star

2022 Legal 500 - Rising Star - Banking, Finance & Capital Markets - 'Paul Osborne efficiently provides technically sounds advice in a clear manner. He understands the commercial aspects of our deals and is able to deliver practical advice.’

2021 IFLR 1000 - Rising Star

2021 Legal 500 - Rising Star - Banking, Finance & Capital Markets - ‘Paul Osborne is exceptional for asset based deals. He has represented many of the principal participants in the fund lending markets for many years now, and it shows. He consistently delivers high quality, commercial advice and is able to propose commercial solutions for any issue that comes up.’

2020 Legal 500 - Rising Star - Banking, Finance & Capital Markets

2020 IFLR 1000 - Rising Star

2019 Legal 500 - Next Generation Lawyer - Banking, Finance & Capital Markets 

2019 IFLR 1000 - Rising Star

2018 Legal 500 - Next Generation Lawyer - Banking, Finance & Capital Markets​

2018 IFLR 1000 - Rising Star​

​2017 IFLR 1000 - Rising Star - "Paul Osborne is 'excellent, very detail oriented, responsive and hardworking'."

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