SCI Esoteric ABS Forum 2026

Conference | May.06.2026 | 8am - 6pm (Central Standard Time)

Milbank

Orrick is proud to sponsor the Esoteric ABS Forum 2026, a one day senior level event exploring the rapidly evolving market for asset backed finance and securitization of non-traditional and emerging asset classes.

As private credit continues to grow alongside traditional ABS issuance, the forum will explore how these markets are rapidly converging. Programming includes issuer and borrower roundtables, investor and lender discussions and spotlight panels covering key esoteric sectors.

Jonathan Ayre will be moderating the panel titled “Energy Infrastructure Spotlight.”

Michael Gonzalez will be speaking on the panel titled “Hybrid Finance Spotlight.”

Orrick AttendeesLeah Sanzari, Orion Mountainspring, Mitch Naumoff, Elizabeth Elias, Katya Popoff

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Practice:

  • Energy & Infrastructure Sector
  • Energy & Infrastructure
  • Energy
  • 石油与天然气
  • Renewable Energy
  • Structured Finance
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Restructuring
  • Real Estate

Jonathan Ayre 合伙人

休斯敦

Jonathan represents companies driving the energy transition, including representing project developers in connection with engineering, procurement and construction agreements, solar module purchase agreements, transformer purchase agreements, and operation and maintenance agreements. He co-leads Orrick's nuclear power practice and has represented the purchaser in the first high-assay low-enriched uranium purchase agreement, as well as in numerous joint venture, engineering, procurement, and construction, and commercial agreements in the nuclear power industry. Chambers Global has reported, "He knows the industry very well and takes a commercial approach to help resolve differences with the counterparty. He has a good bedside manner and cooperates well with others,” and ”he's very resourceful and he approaches the energy and corporate sector with a true business sense." Jonathan was recognized in 2020 by Law 360 as an Energy Rising Star.

Jonathan is a recognized leader in cutting-edge transactions in oil and gas securitizations, representing the investors in the first oil and gas securitization, in the first operated property transaction, in the first transaction involving properties owned by the Bureau of Land Management, and in the first transaction using a master trust structure. He has worked on over $20 billion of oil and gas securitizations.

Jonathan is an active supporter of the Houston Symphony, serving as Chairman of the Houston Symphony's Finance Committee, as a Governing Director on the Houston Symphony Society's Board of Trustees, and as chair of the 2021 Houston Symphony's Wine Dinner and Collector's Auction. He serves as a member of the Steering Committee of the Houston Men of Distinction Annual Awards Luncheon, an organization that recognizes Houston men who have distinguished themselves through excellence in community achievement, thereby providing support in superior biomedical research, education, and patient care in the Texas Medical Center.

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Practice:

  • Structured Finance
  • Asset‐Backed Securities
  • Banking & Finance
  • Collateralized Loan Obligations

Michael Gonzalez 合伙人

Washington, D.C.

Mike has been named by Super Lawyers as a “Rising Star” in Washington, D.C., for Securities and Corporate Finance.

Mike received his J.D., cum laude, from the George Washington University Law School and an B.A. in economics from the University of Chicago.