Christopher Murray

Partner

New York Office

P: 212-238-3069

E: [email protected]

Education

State University of New York Stony Brook (B.A., 1985)

St. John’s University (J.D., 1995)

Admissions

New York, 1996

Solicitor, England and Wales, 2010

Professional Activities

New York City Bar

Christopher Murray

Mr. Murray has vast experience in the representation of banking institutions acting as corporate trustees and agents in connection with global and domestic transactions.  Mr. Murray’s expertise includes advising trustee clients in connection with Trust Indenture Act qualified transactions, private placement issuances, diversified payment rights transactions, trust preferred transactions, project finance transactions, loan agency transactions and asset backed securitizations. Mr. Murray has also represented indentures trustees and agents in connection with out-of-court restructurings of defaulted matters as well as chapter 11 cases.  Mr. Murray has conducted in-house training sessions for banking clients on the Trust Indenture Act, diversified payment rights transactions and trust preferred securities transactions.

Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Murray practiced with a large New York firm where he represented banking institutions in loan agency and corporate trust matters.

Representative Matters

  • Representation of a financial institution as indenture trustee and London paying agent in connection with a Euro denominated note issuance by a pharmaceutical services company.
  • Representation of a financial institution as program agent in connection with numerous diversified payment rights transactions involving emerging markets banking institutions.
  • Representation of a financial institution as administrative agent in connection with a project finance transaction pertaining to the construction of a wind farm in Mexico.
  • Representation of a financial institution as indenture trustee in connection with a personal finance company’s student loan and commercial loan asset backed note issuances.
  • Representation of a financial institution as indenture trustee and property trustee in connection with a chapter 11 matter related to a trust preferred securities issuance by a bank holding company.
  • Representation of a financial institution as depositary bank and collateral agent in connection with a renewable energy project.
  • Representation of a financial institution as collateral agent and intercreditor agent in connection with a toll road project in the state of Virginia.