Marke Raines, the originator of MAJOR SecReg, has more than 30 years' experience in the London securitisation and structured finance markets, including as a securitisation partner at Allen & Overy and later Shearman & Sterling. For 14 years Marke ran a London securitisation boutique, Raines & Co, with former Clifford Chance securitisation partners, advising investment banks, international rating agencies and corporate trustees. Marke has published on legal, tax, accounting and regulatory aspects of securitisation and has spoken at securitisation conferences around the world. He has completed some of the most significant deals in the London market and developed techniques that became market standard. Marke holds a number of market firsts. He has served as an expert witness and/or expert adviser in major regulatory and insolvency proceedings, CMBS litigation and litigation regarding the professional standard of care for lawyers advising on structured debt capital markets transactions. He is on P.R.I.M.E. Finance's panel of UK market experts. Marke taught securitisation in the LL.M. programme at Queen Mary, University of London for 30 years. He gave evidence on securitisation and the credit crisis to the House of Lords European Union Committee in 2009. Marke was a member of the Financial Markets Law Committee's ('FMLC') Advisory Group on Brexit and was on the FMLC Brexit Working Groups on Governing Law and Jurisdiction and on the European Insolvency Regulation.
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