Kramer Levin represented Natixis Securities Americas as initial purchaser in a 144A offering of asset-backed securities issued by Renew 2017-1, a subsidiary of Renew Financial Group of Oakland, CA. A total of $224 million of notes were issued in the transaction, consisting of $190 million of AA rated notes and $34 million of BBB rated notes. The Notes also received a Green Bond Assessment of GB1 from Moody’s. The securitization was backed by a portfolio of residential PACE assessments on property in California and Florida.