Oliver Kronat is a Partner in the Frankfurt office of Clifford Chance and heads the German Structured Finance practice. He specialises in advising on German and international structured finance transactions, portfolio trades and alternative investments. His experience spans a broad range of asset classes, including trade, consumer, leasing and loan receivables, solar panel receivables, data centre-related assets and ABCP conduit programmes.
Oliver regularly advises banks, originators, investors and funds on securitisations, credit risk transfer transactions, specialty finance structures, loan portfolio acquisitions (including non-performing loans), fund-linked notes, fintech-driven financing solutions and related regulatory matters. He also advises on investments in loans, debt and infrastructure funds.
In addition to his legal qualification, Oliver is admitted as a German tax advisor.
Oliver regularly advises banks, originators, investors and funds on securitisations, credit risk transfer transactions, specialty finance structures, loan portfolio acquisitions (including non-performing loans), fund-linked notes, fintech-driven financing solutions and related regulatory matters. He also advises on investments in loans, debt and infrastructure funds.
In addition to his legal qualification, Oliver is admitted as a German tax advisor.
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Barbara has specialised experience in debt capital markets products with a focus on asset-based structured finance, including, in particular, ESG transactions, project bonds, true sale and synthetic securitisation and other secured financing of various asset classes as well as derivatives. She is further specialised in portfolio and NPL transactions and their (re-) financing (in particular via structured finance solutions). Barbara is – as a former consumer litigator – an expert on German consumer credit law and leasing aspects.
She is rated as one of the most prominent female lawyers in IFLR1000 Women Leaders 2024, as one of the leading lawyers in the area of structured finance by JUVE 2024/25 and as one of the "Leading Partners" in Legal 500 Germany 2025 in the area of structured finance and securitisation. She is further listed as "Highly regarded" in IFLR1000 2024 in the field of structured finance and securitisation and Chambers Germany 2025 ranks her as one of the recommended lawyers for structured finance in Germany.
She is rated as one of the most prominent female lawyers in IFLR1000 Women Leaders 2024, as one of the leading lawyers in the area of structured finance by JUVE 2024/25 and as one of the "Leading Partners" in Legal 500 Germany 2025 in the area of structured finance and securitisation. She is further listed as "Highly regarded" in IFLR1000 2024 in the field of structured finance and securitisation and Chambers Germany 2025 ranks her as one of the recommended lawyers for structured finance in Germany.
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