TPW hires new counsel for structured finance

Thacher Proffitt& Wood has hired Christopher Lewis as Counsel in the structured finance group in New York. Lewis’ areas of practice will include structured finance, derivatives and cross-border securities. In the past, his practice has focused on cash and synthetic CDOs, credit-linked notes and credit derivatives. He recently worked as issuer counsel on the first rated securitization of credit card receivables originated in the Czech Republic. Lewis had previously worked in the London office of Simmons & Simmons.