Sahar Kianfar
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Sahar Kianfar

Counsel

Email

sahar.kianfar@aoshearman.com

Phone

+44 203 088 6860

Offices

San Francisco

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Sahar advises on cross-border structured finance transactions and regulatory matters across Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and North America.

She has extensive experience in a variety of SEC-registered, Rule 144A and Regulation S debt offerings across a number of industry sectors. Sahar has acted for originators, investment banks, and private equity firms on establishing, restructuring and updating transactions, including securitizations, covered bonds, collateralized loan obligations, and liability management exercises.

Her experience covers a broad range of asset classes, including residential mortgages, commercial mortgages, auto loan receivables, credit card receivables, real estate finance, Islamic finance, and fintech platforms. Sahar also advises on the securitisation regulatory regimes in the United States, the United Kingdom and the European Union.

Experience

Representative matters

  • Lead managers or originators on STS-compliant Rule 144A and Regulation S offerings under various RMBS and credit card master trust securitisation programmes originated in the United Kingdom.
  • Lead Managers or originators on Rule 144A and Regulation S offerings under various covered bond programmes guaranteed by assets in the United Kingdom.
  • Lead Managers or originators on stand-alone STS-compliant Rule 144A and Regulation S residential mortgages originated in the United Kingdom and Europe.
  • Lead Managers or originators on stand-alone Regulation S auto loan securitisations originated in the United Kingdom and Europe.
  • Senior lenders (investment banks) in multiple private facilities of fintech securitisations originated in the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia.
  • Senior lenders (private equity firms) in multiple private facilities of real estate securitisations originated in the United Kingdom and Europe.
  • Underwriters in Rule 144A collateralised debt obligations.

Qualifications

Academic

J.D. (cum laude), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Law School

M.A. (honours), Islamic Law, University of Cambridge

B.A. Political Science and English Literature, University of California, Davis

Disclaimer
A&O Shearman was formed on May 1, 2024 by the combination of Shearman & Sterling LLP and Allen & Overy LLP and their respective affiliates (the legacy firms). Any matters referred to above may include matters undertaken by one or more of the legacy firms rather than A&O Shearman.