Tamara Box Email Address

Managing Partner, EME

Sachnoff & Weaver Ltd

Tamara Box is the Managing Partner, EME, and Head of Structured Finance at international top 20 law firm Reed Smith. She is a member of the six person Senior Management Team and sits on the global board (Executive Committee) of the firm. Tamara has more than 24 years experience in advising arrangers, dealers, issuers and trustees in connection with a wide range of debt instruments (securitisations, project bonds, high yield, convertible and exchangeable bonds and islamic bonds/sukuk), the establishment of debt programmes, liability management, distressed and portfolio debt acquisitions and private placements. She also regularly advises on structured debt restructurings and workouts. She is dual qualified in England and New York. Tamara is a recognised expert in the area of securitisation, having been regularly named a leading practitioner by each of the International Financial Law Review’s World’s Leading Structured Finance and Securitisation Lawyers, Legal 500's Legal Experts and Chambers’ UK Guide. She was awarded "Best in Structured Finance"​ at Euromoney's Women in Business Law Awards in 2011 and 2013. She was also named one of The Lawyer's "Hot 100"​ for 2014. Tamara is a founding member of the Steering Committee of the 30% Club, a group of more than 100 UK Chairmen who have committed to the aspiration to have at least 30 per cent. of their boards be women by 2015. Tamara is delighted to chair Cancer Research UK's Women of Influence initiative. She is also a member of the Court of Governors of the London Schoold of Economics. Tamara is a member of The Committee of 200 (C200), an invitation-only membership organisation of the world’s most successful women business leaders. Specialties: Securitisation, structured finance, restructurings, work-outs, CMBS, EMTNs, debt capital markets, derivatives