Robert Scheininger

Robert Scheininger is a Partner and member of Dentons' Corporate practice, based in New York. His practice focuses on Banking and Finance Law, representing banks, broker-dealers, hedge funds, private equity funds and other financial institutions in secondary market trading and special situation investing.

Robert has extensive experience advising clients on diverse transactions involving syndicated loans, bankruptcy claims, offshore and onshore liquidation claims, litigation funding transactions, private debt and equity securities, and other distressed and illiquid assets in the US and globally. He also has substantial experience in structuring and negotiating loan and bankruptcy claim portfolio transactions as well as alternative financing arrangements.

His work covers the spectrum of secondary market trading and special situation investing, including analysing credit and governing documents, providing structuring advice, creating joint ventures and investment vehicles, drafting and negotiating transfer documentation and navigating complex closing mechanics. He also advises financial institutions on loan trading procedures and issues relating to the use of material nonpublic and confidential information in the loan market.

Robert is a member of the Loan Syndication and Trading Association (LSTA) and an active participant in the LSTA Practices and Forms Committee, and is a frequent presenter on issues involving the secondary market. He holds a JD from Osgoode Hall Law School and a BA from York University.