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Alantra
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United Kingdom
Frankfurt
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Based in London, Zak is a senior leader in Alantra’s Credit Solutions team and has 20 years’ experience in structured credit, securitisation and credit financing.
Before joining Alantra, Zak spent nearly twenty years at Deutsche Bank, most recently in the Structuring & Syndications team, where he developed securitisation and financing solutions for the Trade Finance & Lending business, including its Trade Finance SRT (TRAFIN). He previously served as Head of SRT Syndicate within the Asset Based Financing team, where amongst other securitisation responsibilities he lead the structuring and syndication of significant risk transfer (SRT) transactions.
Earlier in his career, Zak worked in Deutsche Bank’s Credit Portfolio Strategies Group, where he was responsible for the efficient derisking and capital optimisation of the banks loan portfolios, including through the structuring, issuance and end-to-end management of more than 20 SRT transactions. He played a key role in establishing the bank’s flagship CRAFT, LOFT and GATE SRT programmes.
Zak holds a master’s degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Imperial College London and a master’s degree in Finance from the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Outside of the firm he was Deputy Chairman of ICMA (International Capital Markets Association) and served on the Audit and Risk Committee at RUSI.
Johannes holds a Bachelor Degree in Business Administration from University of Applied Sciences of Deutsche Bundesbank and qualified as German Public Accountant (currently on leave acc. to §46 WPO).
She has advised banks and private equity funds in the carve-out/sale and the establishment of NPE servicing companies (involving personnel/infrastructure).
In addition, he has extensive expertise in Significant Risk Transfer (SRT) transactions, having arranged more than 15 transactions and advised banks on capital optimisation and credit risk management solutions.
Company profile
Alantra Financial Institutions Group (FIG)
Alantra FIG is a leading specialist provider of independent Investment Banking services with a track record of helping banks, lending platforms, insurance companies, asset & wealth managers, brokers and other market participants to achieve their growth, capital, and liquidity objectives.
We are solution agnostic, scaled, expert and independent.
Securitistion Expertise
Alantra acts as an independent advisor in Secured Funding and Asset Backed Securities (SFABS) to banks, non-bank lenders and corporates across Europe, the Americas and Asia Pacific. Our approach builds on a deep understanding of the underlying assets to be securitised or funded, and market leading analytical capabilities gained as a leading credit portfolio advisor. Our experience spans the full range of credit assets from distressed loans to performing corporate receivables to real-estate owned assets. The team brings extensive market knowledge and placement capabilities across the capital structure and provides independent and unconflicted advice to our clients.
Alantra is one of the largest independent advisors on synthetic securitisations to third parties in Europe. Alantra has completed 15 SRT transactions in the past 36 months and has numerous live transactions at different stages of execution. Collectively, the team’s professionals have experience across more than 70 SRT transactions and highly complex derecognition and deconsolidation structures across the UK and Europe. Experience spans SMEs, corporates, leveraged loans, consumer, trade finance, infrastructure, shipping and mortgages, across both funded and unfunded structures.
Alantra were recently awarded European Arranger of the Year in SCI's 2025 risk sharing awards.
We support our clients with:
- Significant Risk Transfer (SRT) transactions
- Structuring, rated and unrated ABS transactions for deleveraging, capital and funding purposes
- Forward flow transactions and portfolio sales
- Bespoke senior and mezzanine financing facilities
- Sourcing commitments of junior, equity and growth capital
Pricing, valuation and options analysis in relation to the above
