Wes Peterson concentrates his practice on the use of Delaware trusts in investment management and structured finance transactions.
In the area of investment management, Wes's experience includes providing advice to open- and closed-end investment companies in connection with entity formation, capital raising transactions, fiduciary duty issues, fund reorganizations and acquisitions, defensive planning, proxy contests and shareholder meetings. Wes also works extensively with exchange traded funds and private investment funds.
In the structured finance area, Wes has experience with international and domestic transactions involving trust preferred issuances, asset- and mortgaged-backed security issuances, titling trusts and other structured finance transactions. He also represents banks and trust companies in connection with their trust and agency services in a wide variety of commercial transactions, including representing banks and trust companies as trustees, depositaries, exchange agents and collateral agents.
Prior to joining the firm in 2005, Wes practiced as an M&A and securities law attorney in the New York offices of Jones Day and O’Melveny & Myers, as well as in the Netherlands as an in-house attorney for a Dutch telecommunications company. In addition, he has served as an adjunct professor at George Mason University School of Law.