Joanne Ziegler

Partner

Cayman Islands

T +1 345 914 6387

M +1 345 526 6387

E joanne.ziegler@walkersglobal.com

Practice Areas

Joanne Ziegler is a partner in the Finance & Corporate Group at Walkers in the Cayman Islands office.

She specialises in structured finance transactions and has extensive experience in CDO/CLO and other securitisation transactions, including restructurings and re-financings, CRE CDOs, middle-market CLOs and NIM transactions. Joanne also advises upon a wide variety of corporate, banking and regulatory matters, including venture financings and CSX listings.

Prior Employment Experience

Joanne worked in the finance team at another major law firm in the Cayman Islands for nine years before joining Walkers in 2014. Prior to moving to the Cayman Islands, Joanne worked in the banking and tax teams at Russell McVeagh in Auckland where she worked on a range of securitisation and capital markets transactions.

ARTICLES

Resurgence in the use of blocker entities for US CLOs - Walkers are seeing a recent resurgence in the establishment of blocker entities for US CLOs as a con...
Bermuda CLOs: Top 3 Tips - Following the inclusion in February 2022 of the Cayman Islands on the European Union’s AML list, m...

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MATTERS

Walkers Acts on US$600 Million Spirit Loyalty-Backed Note Issuance - International law firm Walkers is delighted to have acted as Cayman Islands counsel on Spirit Airlin...
Walkers advises on Blackbird II's $745m asset-backed notes issuance - Walkers acted as Cayman Islands legal counsel in Air Lease Corporation's ("ALC") recent $745m asset-...
Walkers acts as Cayman Islands Counsel in Closing of Thunderbolt II Aircraft Asset Backed Securitisation - Walkers acted as Cayman Islands counsel in Air Lease Corporation's recent securitisation of a portfo...
Walkers (Cayman) Acts on $640 Million Aircraft Securitisation - Walkers acted as Cayman Islands counsel to Apollo Aviation Group as it priced its third aircraft sec...

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NEWS

Walkers Named #1 Global CLO Market Offshore Service Provider in Creditflux's CLO Census 2022 - Walkers is pleased to announce that its law firm and Walkers Professional Services ("WPS") have been...
Walkers Scoops Top 10 Ranking in Airfinance Journal Legal Survey 2021 - Walkers is pleased to announce that its Global Asset Finance Group has landed a top 10 ranking in th...
Walkers at SFVegas 2022 - Walkers is a leading international law firm providing legal, tax, listing and professional services ...
Walkers' Global Asset Finance Group Acts on 6 Award Winning Deals - Walkers' global Asset Finance Group was honoured for 6 deals at the recent Airfinance Journal Awards...
Forty Walkers Staff Celebrate Long-Service - Employees at Walkers' Cayman office were recognised recently for their commitment to the firm during...

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EVENTS

SFVegas 2022 – 17-20 July 2022 - We are delighted to attend and support this year's SFVegas event, the largest capital markets confer...
Cayman Islands CLOs and the EU AML List - The Solutions - Join members of Walkers' Bermuda, Jersey and Cayman Islands CLO teams as we discuss the EU AML List ...
Cayman Islands CLOs and the EU AML List - Join Walkers' Cayman and Bermuda partners for a closer look at the EU AML List and its potentia...
Walkers to speak at Airline Economics Growth Frontiers Conference - Walkers Finance & Corporate Partner James Burch will be speaking at the Airline Economics Growth Fro...

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ADVISORY

Video: Cayman Islands CLOs and the EU AML List - The Solutions - In this video, Walkers' Bermuda, Jersey and Cayman Islands CLO teams discuss the EU AML List and the...
Update on the EU AML List - Limited Impact for the Cayman Islands - In January we published an advisory which provided an update on the European Commission’s delegate...
Update on EU AML List – Limited Impact for Cayman Islands - Last March we published an advisory on the Cayman Islands inclusion on the Financial Action Task For...

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