Davis Polk Adds Structured Finance Partner Ryan McNaughton in New York

Arrival supplements Davis Polk’s specialty finance practice by establishing a broad-based securitization practice

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Davis Polk today announced that leading structured finance lawyer Ryan McNaughton has joined the firm as a partner in its Finance practice in New York.

“We are pleased to welcome Ryan to Davis Polk,” said Neil Barr, Davis Polk’s Chair and Managing Partner. “Ryan has broad experience across multiple securitization products. He is an exciting addition to our elite global finance practice as we continue to grow our structured finance capabilities.”

Mr. McNaughton represents lenders, institutional investors, private equity funds, borrowers and other clients in a wide variety of structured and asset-backed financings. He focuses primarily on the esoteric asset-backed securities market, including significant transactions in asset classes including whole business, digital infrastructure (including data centers), music royalties, intellectual property and investment funds. He joins Davis Polk from Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, where he was a partner in the Securitization & Asset Based Finance practice.

“Our clients – including our private credit clients – increasingly seek bespoke capital-raising and investment solutions across diverse asset classes, including whole business, infrastructure, IP, media and investment funds,” said Jason Kyrwood, head of Davis Polk’s global Finance practice. “Ryan is widely recognized as a market leader in these types of esoteric securitizations. Adding sophisticated securitization capabilities gives Davis Polk an unmatched finance platform offering clients a comprehensive, integrated experience across products.”

“Ryan has uniquely broad structured finance experience, and his arrival positions us well as clients, especially in the fund finance space, continue to turn to us to execute on these sophisticated financings,” said Meyer Dworkin, head of Davis Polk’s Structured Credit practice. “We are very excited and fortunate to have him on board.”

Mr. McNaughton said, “Davis Polk has an unrivaled reputation for excellence, and the finance team is exceptional. I am thrilled to be part of the continued growth of the practice, and I look forward to working with our clients on their most complex securitization matters.”

Publications including Chambers USA rank Mr. McNaughton as a leading securitization lawyer. He has served as an Adjunct Professor at Cornell Law School, where he co-taught and authored a seminar on Secured Transactions.

Mr. McNaughton earned his J.D. from Cornell Law School in 2005 and his B.A. from Williams College in 2001.