David L. Ridenour

• Aligned Energy – Advised Aligned on the issuance of $1.35 billion of securitized notes. Largest inaugural data center securitization and first-ever green bond data center securitization.
• Stack Infrastructure – Have advised Stack on the issuance of over $1.70 billion of securitized notes. Most recent trade established a record-setting rate for the data center space.
• Sabe Data Centers – Have advised Sabey on the issuance of $975 million of securitized notes. Sabey obtained the first-ever A+ rating for a data center securitization.
• Compass Data Centers – Have advised Compass on the issuance of over $850 million of securitized notes.
• Landmark – Have advised the Landmark and is affiliates on the issuance of $400 million of securitized notes.

David Ridenour represents financial institutions as issuers, underwriters, borrowers, lenders, sellers and purchasers in a variety of sophisticated asset-backed securitization and structured lending transactions.  In particular, he is an industry leader in the digital infrastructure space, where he serves as issuer’s counsel for some of the largest and most active 144A and 4(a)(2) issuance platforms in the market.

David also advises lenders and borrowers with respect to senior and mezzanine credit facilities involving unsecured consumer loans, small business loans, mortgage and home equity loans and energy efficiency and solar loans, as well as advising both sellers and purchasers in forward flow purchase arrangements. David has years of experience working on both SEC publicly registered and privately negotiated securitization platforms totaling more than $100 billion in issuance value, secured by credit card receivables, franchise loans, timeshare receivables, mortgage servicing rights, automobile loans and leases, equipment loans and leases, mortgage-backed securities and trade receivables.

Chambers USA has ranked David as a Band 3 leading lawyer and noted that he is particularly renowned for his strengths in digital infrastructure ABS mandates. Legal500 similarly highlights David as a key lawyer and emphasizes his prominent work involving cellular towers, fiber networks, and data center securitizations. Additionally, David is a frequent speaker at industry events as an expert in the digital infrastructure space.