North America - United States • Finance
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
The ‘first-class’ team at Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP offers a wide range of services to its securitization clients. It is knowledgeable in various asset-types, including agricultural, small business, residential mortgage-backed, consumer and auto loans. Its experience includes involves advising on litigation finance, ABS and synthetic credit risk transfer securitizations. The firm is an active counsel to issuers and underwriters of ABS and mortgage-backed securities in particular. Mike Nedzbala, in Richmond co-leads the practice whilst specializing in secondary market transactions concerning residential mortgage loans and servicing rights. His fellow lead, Brent Lewis, advises on regulatory matters out of New York for issuers and underwriters in residential and commercial mortgage loan-backed securitizations. New Yorker Brit Mohler Dufilho is well-versed in residential mortgage servicing rights securitizations, advising lenders including investment banks and funds. Also located in New York, Thomas Hiner is experienced in handling bespoke esoteric and novel asset-based financings, in addition to his prowess in traditional asset-based securitizations. Richmond-based Cecelia Phillips Horner overseas the tax aspects of her clients’ secured financings, domestic and international. Janet Sadler McCrae, situated in New York, advises banks and issuers on matters concerning notable asset-types, such as residential mortgage loans, servicing advances and synthetic credit risk transfers.
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Testimonials
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‘Loads of structured products experience; creative, innovative; are staffed appropriately; and deliver high quality work in short time frames.’
‘John Dedyo has decades of experience in a broad array of structured products and securities offerings. He has tremendous technical legal knowledge but does not bog down the client with those issues. He is incredibly diligent and thoughtful.’
'First class practice whose partners are very well versed in their areas of expertise.'
Key clients
- BofA Securities, Inc.
- JPMorgan Chase Bank
- Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
- Government National Mortgage Association
- Angelo Gordon & Co., L.P.
- MFA Financial
- Capital One, National Association
- Annaly Capital Management
- Churchill Finance LLC
- A&D Mortgage LLC
- Ellington Management Group
- Axonic Capital LLC
- Pretium REO, LLC
- Freedom Mortgage Corporation
- Angel Oak
Work highlights
- Represented J.P. Morgan in its role as issuer and initial purchaser in a first of its kind $186.4 million private securitization backed entirely by participation interests in home equity lines of credit originated by third parties.
- Represented J.P. Morgan, Ellington, Lone Star/Caliber, Angelo Gordon, Chimera, Invictus, MFA Financial, Annaly, Wells Fargo and Angel Oak in a continuing program of QM and non-QM REMIC residential mortgage backed securitizations.
- Acted as program counsel to Ginnie Mae in connection with 229 Multiclass Securities transactions, representing the issuance of more than $108 billion of government guaranteed REMIC securities backed by government-insured mortgage loans.