Damiano Colnago | Structured Finance Expert Witness | SEDA Experts 

His expertise includes cash, synthetic and hybrid collateralized debt obligations (CDOs), collateralized loan obligations (CLOs), fund of funds, OTC derivatives (including CDS, IRS, FX swaps and forward contracts), asset-backed securities (ABS), mortgage-backed securities (MBS), and syndicated loans.
 
Mr. Colnago has provided his expertise in a wide range of high-stakes disputes and consulting engagements, determining causation, liability and damages, in relation to alleged negligence, misrepresentation, and fraud for global financial institutions, top tier banks, regulators, large sovereign funds, hedge funds, and other institutions. 

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Mr. Colnago gained his extensive industry experience holding senior positions in the United States and Europe, building and successfully maintaining relationships with various entities, such as asset managers, underwriters, paying agents, rating agencies, auditors, and custodians.

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His business consulting experience also includes damage calculations related to financial instruments, misappropriation, and products mislabeling, defining lost profits, performing disgorgement analysis, and event study analysis. He has also a deep knowledge of business and investments valuation using different methodologies such as DCF, APV, and comparable. 

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Mr. Colnago previously worked for Wilmington Trust, who acted as trustee, custodian and collateral administrator in the structured finance industry. In his role, Mr. Colnago led his risk and compliance team, which was responsible to perform collateral administration and portfolio analysis for complex structured credit products for a total amount of approximately $7 Billion.