John Schueller is a Partner in the Firm’s Corporate Department and the Head of the Securitization Practice. John’s practice encompasses securitizations involving many different types of asset classes, including auto loans and leases, timeshare loans, fleet leases, rental cars, telecommunication assets (such as data centers, cell towers and fiber networks), single-family residential home rentals, television broadcast revenues and other esoteric assets. He represents both underwriters and issuers, as well as parties in acquisitions and other transactions in which securitizations are involved. John has played a crucial role in many “first-of-its-kind” securitization transactions, including the first securitizations solely involving data center revenue, dark fiber network revenue, fiber-to-the-premises revenue, car sharing revenue, distributed network system revenue and single family rental properties. John is recognized by Chambers USA, with clients noting that he is “absolutely superb on extremely high-value transactions” and “extremely smart and thorough.” In addition, John advises the managers of collateralized loan obligations and borrowers under securitized leveraged loan funding facilities.
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Work Highlights
- Lenders and initial purchasers as designated counsel in numerous financings under Avis Budget’s rental car securitization
- Vantage Data Centers in connection with the first-ever securitization of data center revenue and in the company’s subsequent securitized debt offerings
- DataBank in connection with the first-ever securitization comprised solely of colocation data center revenue and in the company’s subsequent securitized debt offerings
- ExteNet Systems in connection with the first-ever securitization comprised solely of distributed network systems
- Lenders and initial purchasers as designated counsel in numerous financings under Element Fleet Management’s securitization program
- Invitation Homes in connection with multiple securitizations of single-family residential rental properties, including the initial issuance in such asset class
- DigitalBridge in connection with the first-ever securitization of investment management fees
- Lenders and initial purchasers as designated counsel in numerous financings under Enterprise Fleet Management’s securitization program
- Initial purchasers as designated counsel in numerous financings under SBA Communications’ cellular tower securitization program
- Volvo Car Financial Services, U.S. captive auto finance subsidiary of Volvo Car Corporation, in the structuring of an automobile financing program with Bank of America
- Vertical Bridge in connection with its various financings of its cellular and broadcast tower assets
- Initial purchasers in U-Haul’s initial rental truck securitization
- Lenders in connection with the structuring of the initial car sharing securitizations for Zipcar
- Lenders in $12.5 billion of asset-backed credit facilities for Ally Financial and its subsidiary Ally Bank backed by auto loans, auto leases and dealer floorplan receivables
Education
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Northwestern University School of Law, 1997 J.D.
cum laude; Northwestern University Law Review, 1995–1997
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Dartmouth College, 1992 B.A.
John Schueller is a Partner in the Firm’s Corporate Department and the Head of the Securitization Practice. John’s practice encompasses securitizations involving many different types of asset classes, including auto loans and leases, timeshare loans, fleet leases, rental cars, telecommunication assets (such as data centers, cell towers and fiber networks), single-family residential home rentals, television broadcast revenues and other esoteric assets. He represents both underwriters and issuers, as well as parties in acquisitions and other transactions in which securitizations are involved. John has played a crucial role in many “first-of-its-kind” securitization transactions, including the first securitizations solely involving data center revenue, dark fiber network revenue, fiber-to-the-premises revenue, car sharing revenue, distributed network system revenue and single family rental properties. John is recognized by Chambers USA, with clients noting that he is “absolutely superb on extremely high-value transactions” and “extremely smart and thorough.” In addition, John advises the managers of collateralized loan obligations and borrowers under securitized leveraged loan funding facilities.
John’s experience includes representing:
- Lenders and initial purchasers as designated counsel in numerous financings under Avis Budget’s rental car securitization
- Vantage Data Centers in connection with the first-ever securitization of data center revenue and in the company’s subsequent securitized debt offerings
- DataBank in connection with the first-ever securitization comprised solely of colocation data center revenue and in the company’s subsequent securitized debt offerings
- ExteNet Systems in connection with the first-ever securitization comprised solely of distributed network systems
- Lenders and initial purchasers as designated counsel in numerous financings under Element Fleet Management’s securitization program
- Invitation Homes in connection with multiple securitizations of single-family residential rental properties, including the initial issuance in such asset class
- DigitalBridge in connection with the first-ever securitization of investment management fees
- Lenders and initial purchasers as designated counsel in numerous financings under Enterprise Fleet Management’s securitization program
- Initial purchasers as designated counsel in numerous financings under SBA Communications’ cellular tower securitization program
- Volvo Car Financial Services, U.S. captive auto finance subsidiary of Volvo Car Corporation, in the structuring of an automobile financing program with Bank of America
- Vertical Bridge in connection with its various financings of its cellular and broadcast tower assets
- Initial purchasers in U-Haul’s initial rental truck securitization
- Lenders in connection with the structuring of the initial car sharing securitizations for Zipcar
- Lenders in $12.5 billion of asset-backed credit facilities for Ally Financial and its subsidiary Ally Bank backed by auto loans, auto leases and dealer floorplan receivables
John received his J.D.,
cum laude, in 1997 from the Northwestern University School of Law and his B.A. in 1992 from Dartmouth College.