Fried Frank announced that Cameron Mitcham has joined the firm as a partner in the Finance Practice in London. He joins from a leading Australian law firm and prior to that he was a partner at Dechert LLP in its global finance team in London.

Mitcham’s practice is focused on securitization, structured finance, asset-backed lending and credit funds, with an emphasis in structuring transactions and funds to be compliant with EU risk retention rules.

“Cameron’s broad range of experience in financial regulation and transactions will be a great addition to our growing global Finance Practice,” said David J. Greenwald, chairman of Fried Frank. “I am delighted to welcome Cameron to the firm.”

“As an experienced structured finance lawyer, Cameron’s arrival will further support the strong collaboration between our leading Finance and Asset Management Practices here in the London office,” added Ashar Qureshi, managing partner of Fried Frank’s London office. “Additionally, Cameron’s regulatory expertise in particular will be a great complement to the transactional and fund finance services we provide to our clients.”

Mitcham, who joins finance partners Chris Barron, Neil Caddy, Kathryn Cecil and Jons Lehmann in London, is the latest arrival to the firm’s global Finance Practice after Barron joined last year.

Fried Frank's Finance Practice stands out for its work on many of the market's most sophisticated and complex deals and its development of innovative financing solutions across all levels of the capital structure. The practice cultivates long-standing client relationships through hands-on, dedicated counseling and provides exceptional advice on structuring and negotiating transactions globally. The firm’s business-oriented approach and integrated teams produce a seamless execution for both financing providers and users.

As part of the Finance Practice, Fried Frank’s Fund Finance team is engaged in every aspect of a financing transaction to support fundraising strategies for managers of closed-end commingled and single investor funds, hedge funds and BDCs across all asset classes. The breadth of Fried Frank’s fund finance transactional work positions the team to advise on financings ranging from bank and insurance company sublines and NAV facilities to other bespoke solutions and products to meet the requirements of complex LP driven fund structures and unique capital sources.