Richards, Layton & Finger

Richards, Layton & Finger is a premier law firm for corporate trust and agency services. We have been active in asset-backed issuances from the beginning and pioneered the use of common law business trusts as asset-backed issuers. We guided the drafting of the 1988 Delaware Statutory Trust Act—a first-of-its-kind law creating the statutory trust—and pioneered the use of statutory trusts in ABS transactions. With one of the world’s most experienced corporate trust teams, Richards Layton continues to innovate by seeking input from our clients and developing our practice to fit their business needs. A significant portion of our practice involves counseling banks and trust companies in connection with their Delaware and New York governed trust and agency services in a wide variety of domestic and cross-border commercial transactions. In addition to handling sophisticated securitization and other structured finance transactions, Richards Layton provides extraordinary service and nuanced advice across a wide range of practices, including commercial transactions, insurance, alternative entities, corporate law, bankruptcy and restructuring, intellectual property, tax, trusts and estates, commercial real estate, and litigation. Local businesses, global law firms, financial institutions, major companies, and individuals count on the firm’s exceptional service and deep, practical understanding of the law.