Fortis Bank Structured Finance deals with complex and innovative fiscal and structural arrangements aiming to create additional value through tax, accounting or regulatory efficiencies. These arrangements are tailored to our clients’ specific needs and make use of sophisticated instruments such as:
- special purpose companies;
- financial instruments & hybrids: asset-backed securities (ABS), mortgage-backed securities (MBS), collateralized debt obligations (CDOs), preference shares, derivatives;
- cross-border arrangements (e.g. debt treatment in one jurisdiction vs. equity in another)
- legal entity status (financial trader vs. investment company or partnerships vs. branch etc);
- specific new legislation (e.g. new leasing rules, REITs, Luxembourg’s securitisation vehicles, energy tax credits).
All our structured finance transactions undergo a rigorous approval process governed by local and central corporate governance and risk framework policies.
Fortis Bank operates as principal or as counterparty. Teams with global coverage are based in Europe and the USA.
Counterparties and client types are generally major international banks and financial institutions as well as selected corporate clients.
Success points
- integrated teams operating globally
- high level professional advisers (tax, accounting, regulatory)
- client-centric solutions