Institutional Investor News’ inaugural issue of 10 Rising Stars of Securitization showcases up-and-coming executives in the securitization arena, with the featured individuals representing all segments of the marketplace – including origination and structuring, fund management, marketing, technology, legal and regulatory – and hailing from companies around the globe. These individuals are poised to shape the securitization market in the years to come. Today we feature Madeleine Tan, a partner with structured finance group of Brown Rudnick in New York.

Age: 40

Education: University of New South Wales (Bachelor of Commerce, Bachelor of Laws)

Mentor: Ron Borod, Chairman, Structured Finance Group, Brown Rudnick

Tan stumbled into her current profession but quickly became enamored with complex structured finance early in her career. These days she is able to combine that love with her desire to make a difference in people’s lives by helping to create energy security in the world, something she hopes she’ll be remembered for.

Tan works toward her life’s goal by advising corporations, financial institutions, specialized funds and the trading community on the financing of alternative energy projects and on derivatives and structured products relating to European Union emissions allowances and certified emission reductions under the Kyoto Protocol’s CDM regime. Currently, she is representing a project sponsor in connection with the financing and development of five wind farms in Brazil and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in the creation of its Multilateral Carbon Credit Fund, a global carbon credit acquisition program.

Tan is fluent in English, Cantonese and Bahasa Malaysia, as well as conversational Mandarin. She is co-author of several publications, including “Why Limit the Asset Class?” and “Green Securitizations – Seeing Beyond the Trees,” both published in International Securitization and Finance Report in 2007; and “Securitising New Asset Classes – IP, Wind and Emissions Credits,” published in Global Securitisation and Structured Finance 2006. She also is a regular speaker and workshop leader at industry events.

With regard to the current state of the markets, Tan is optimistic and expects a recovery in a few years. Ten years down the line, she predicts there will be new structures in the market that go beyond leveraging tranches of the capital structure using debt. “More analysis of equity will come into play,” she predicted. “I also believe derivatives will pave the way for new ideas in repackaging and extracting value from assets, cash flows and/or residual interests.”