Madeleine M. L. Tan, Highly Regarded Structured Finance Lawyer, Joins Kaye Scholer...

Madeleine M. L. Tan, Highly Regarded Structured Finance Lawyer, Joins Kaye
Scholer LLP

NEW YORK, Aug. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Kaye Scholer LLP announced that Madeleine
M. L. Tan has joined the firm's Corporate & Finance Department as a Partner in
its New York office, effective August 1, 2008.
Ms. Tan has extensive experience advising equity investors, lenders,
project developers, alternative investment funds, special situation funds,
issuers and underwriters in the areas of equity and debt offerings as well as
asset-backed, tax-advantaged and structured finance transactions, including
securitization, derivatives and leveraged leasing. Ms. Tan's experience
allows her to combine her structured finance background to create structured
products involving commodities such as carbon credits and securitizations of
project finance revenues. She advises clients on issues surrounding the
subprime market collapse in an effort to identify and execute on arbitrage and
repackaging strategies. She also practices in the area of whole company
securitization.
In addition, Ms. Tan advises corporations, financial institutions,
specialized funds and the trading community on the financing of alternative
energy projects, and derivatives and structured products. Her focus has been
on securitizations of alternative asset classes, including legal fee
receivables, illiquid assets and royalties. Apart from structured finance,
Ms. Tan has leveraged her leasing and project finance experience to focus on
debt and equity financings of alternative energy and renewable energy
projects, including wind farm and solar power plants, and projects falling
under the Clean Development Mechanism of the Kyoto Protocol. Ms. Tan has
significant experience with carbon emissions rules and regulations and has
advised on both European and U.S. carbon finance and legislation, including
the European Union Emission Trading System ("EU ETS") and the Regional
Greenhouse Gas Initiative ("RGGI").
Henry Morriello, Co-Chair of the firm's Structured Finance Group, said,
"Madeleine's addition will significantly enhance our ability to serve our
clients' needs, particularly in light of her expertise with a vast array of
structured vehicles." Morriello continued, "Madeleine's joining the firm, as
well as the recent additions of William 'Butch' Cullen and Janet Barbiere,
further solidifies Kaye Scholer's position as one of the leading Structured
Finance practices in the United States."
William Tanenbaum, a Partner in the firm's Green Technology Practice and
Chair of the firm's Technology, Intellectual Property & Outsourcing Practice,
said, "Madeleine's addition is integral to the expansion of the firm's Green
Technology Group where she will contribute to the firm's services to companies
in the carbon emissions and energy efficiency markets in the U.S. and Europe
and to those developing carbon offset policies. This complements the firm's
work in Green IT and Green Outsourcing."
Ms. Tan commented, "Kaye Scholer's highly regarded Structured Finance
practice and its Green Technology practice are a perfect fit for me." Ms. Tan
continued, "I am excited to be joining the firm and I look forward to
providing clients with the full range of services offered at Kaye Scholer."
Ms. Tan received both her law and undergraduate degrees from the
University of New South Wales, Australia, with honors. She joins Kaye Scholer
from Brown Rudnick LLP, where she was a Partner in the Structured Finance
Group and the Climate & Energy Group.
About Kaye Scholer LLP
Kaye Scholer's Structured Finance Group brings together a team of
financing lawyers with extensive experience not only in asset securitization
transactions, but also in the related fields of tax, public offerings,
regulatory matters, real estate and certain specialized industries. The Group
represents many leading commercial banks (both U.S. and international), as
well as investment banks, finance companies and corporations, in all aspects
of securitization, including structuring and documenting transactions, forming
multi-seller conduits and special purpose vehicles, obtaining ratings,
representing providers of liquidity and credit enhancement, and representing
issuers, trustees, underwriters and investors. The Group's work includes
transactions in the United States, as well as cross-border and international
transactions.
Comprised of lawyers from the firm's eight offices located on three
continents, Kaye Scholer's multi-disciplinary Green Technology Group brings
together legal, governmental and business acumen that provides guidance on the
pressing issues facing businesses that are planning Green Technology
strategies, including issues relating to Green Sourcing, Wind and Alternative
Energies, Climate Change Regulation and Carbon Finance, Green Corporate
Technology Policies, Green Construction, and Patent Litigation and False
Advertising as they relate to Green initiatives.
Kaye Scholer refers to Kaye Scholer LLP and its affiliates, with offices
in Chicago, Frankfurt, London, Los Angeles, New York, Shanghai, Washington,
DC, and West Palm Beach. Founded in New York City in 1917, Kaye Scholer now
includes more than 500 lawyers and represents public and private companies,
governmental entities, financial institutions, and other organizations in
matters around the world.
Additional information is available on the firm's website:
www.kayescholer.com.
SOURCE Kaye Scholer LLP

Peter M. Columbus of Kaye Scholer LLP, +1-212-836-8722,
pcolumbus@kayescholer.com; Stacey Berkowitz of Rubenstein Associates, Inc.,
+1-212-843-8272, sberkowitz@rubenstein.com, for Kaye Scholer LLP