Experience
We have an experienced team of lawyers that provide corporate trust and agency services in structured finance, corporate debt, project finance, syndicated lending, public finance and other capital markets transactions. A key advantage we offer clients is our breadth of expertise and experience. Our attorneys work closely with members of other practice teams in the firm to provide a full array of legal services to our corporate trust clients.
Transaction Administration
We advise our clients in all aspects of transaction administration, including the distribution of funds in accordance with applicable cashflow provisions, the acquisition and disposition of collateral assets, and compliance with regulatory and reporting requirements. Our attorneys counsel clients with respect to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Regulation AB, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Internal Revenue Code. In addition, we actively counsel clients regarding the emerging regulatory environment, including Regulation AB II and the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Whether transaction administration issues are driven by regulatory and compliance concerns, collateral maintenance issues or document interpretation issues, we have the expertise and knowledge to help our corporate trust clients carefully navigate any circumstance and fulfill their duties and obligations.
Defaults/Disputes
We also advise our clients on disputes and the administration of defaulted transactions. Our expertise and capabilities extend to all types of default scenarios, including those involving bankruptcy, litigation and the exercise of remedies by trustees. Our bankruptcy and litigation practices focus extensively on the representation of trustees and understand the issues and concerns trustees face in distressed transactions. We have represented corporate trust clients in complex bankruptcy and reorganization proceedings, including those involving Lehman Brothers, Capmark Financial Group, Inc., and Delta Funding Corporation. In addition, our litigators regularly advise clients both before and after litigation in connection with disputes involving issuers, bondholders, derivatives counterparties and other transaction participants. We have been at the forefront of structured finance defaults and litigation following the financial crisis and have become one of the top legal service providers to securitized trust trustees in connection with CDO litigation, the liquidation of CDO collateral, investor inquiries, RMBS servicer/originator bankruptcies and RMBS mortgage loan “put back” issues.
Bringing Value to Our Clients
We have an interdisciplinary team of experienced and creative lawyers with a proven track record of efficiently handling all types of matters for corporate trustees. Members of the team have extensive structured finance, leveraged capital, securities, real estate, public finance, project finance, Delaware statutory trust, bankruptcy, litigation, asset sales and mortgage servicing expertise. Because we represent a wide variety of participants in capital markets transactions of all types, we understand how deals are structured and the key interests and concerns of all parties. As a result, we anticipate potential concerns and issues for our corporate trust clients and propose solutions consistent with their overall business objectives.