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Bradley H. Johnson

Partner


Brad Johnson’s practice focuses on representing financial institutions in a wide variety of capital markets transactions, including structured finance transactions. He has extensive experience in advising financial institutions that provide corporate trust, custody, loan agency, reporting and administrative services in capital markets transactions, including transactions involving the issuance of ABS, CDO/CLO and MBS securities and corporate and municipal bonds. Over his career, Brad has represented virtually all types of participants in structured finance transactions, including issuers, underwriters, trustees, servicers and commercial paper conduits.

Brad regularly counsels corporate trust groups in connection with the issuance of new capital market products, compliance with existing and new regulatory rules and statutes, the exercise of remedies in defaulted transactions and the resolution of disputed transactions. He has been particularly active in representing indenture trustees in CDO/CLO and other debt transactions in connection with events of default and the exercise of remedies such as collateral liquidation and the enforcement of liens in secured transactions.

Representative Experience

  • Represented major financial institutions as trustee, as well as in other related capacities, in closing numerous mortgage-backed securitizations, asset-backed securitizations and collateralized debt obligation transactions.
  • Represented major financial institutions as trustee in corporate debt and public finance transactions.
  • Represented major financial institutions as trustee and collateral agent in the administration of defaulted transactions, including the liquidation of collateral assets.
  • Represented asset-backed commercial paper conduits in various syndicated lending facilities and synthetic lease transactions.
  • Represented major financial institutions in various types of disputes and litigation involving the administration of previously closed securitization transactions.
  • Represented issuers and underwriters in mortgage-backed and asset-backed securitization transactions.
  • Represented major financial institutions as master servicer in closing numerous public and private residential mortgage-backed securitizations.
  • Experience in securitization transactions involving a variety of asset types, including asset-backed bonds, credit/tenant leases, receivables, automobiles loan receivables, equipment leases, commercial loans secured by foreign properties, SBA loans, mezzanine loans and home equity lines of credit.
  • Experience in securitization transactions incorporating REMIC, grantor trust and partnership tax structures, the use of derivatives and insurance, and the use of warehousing arrangements and funding facilities.


Bradley H. Johnson

Bank of America Plaza
101 South Tryon Street
Suite 4000
Charlotte, NC 28280-4000
Phone: 704-444-1460
Fax: 704-444-1960

Education

  • University of South Carolina
    (J.D., 1995)
  • Clemson University
    (B.S., 1992)

Admitted to Practice

  • North Carolina