Giles Nicholson

Giles Nicholson comes to Siebert Williams Shank (“SWS”) to run the firm’s Public Finance Quantitative Solutions Group. The group will work in tandem with public finance bankers to enhance idea generation and provide additional technical support to deal execution throughout SWS’ muni bonds issuer clientele. Mr. Nicholson has over 34 years of experience in municipal finance, including stints at JPMorgan, Lehman Brothers, Barclays, Wells Fargo, and most recently UBS, where he ran the Quantitative Strategies Group. His specialty is in the development and execution of complex debt transactions that are tailored to specific client needs and market conditions. His deal experience includes tenders, pooled loans, restructurings, defeasances, pre-pay energy, among others. Nicholson was instrumental in the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s 2002 debt restructuring and its subsequent refinancing in 2012. He also provided extensive quantitative support and ideas generation for the Chicago Sales Tax Securitization and tender in 2023 (National Deal of the Year), as well as the State of Oregon’s 2023 Higher Education General Obligation transaction. He has developed and participated in debt financings for the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York, the New York Municipal Water Finance Authority, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, the Texas Water Development Board, and the University of California, among others throughout his career. Nicholson received a BA in Economics from Harvard University.