Katrina Llanes

• Served as counsel to a global investment bank’s securitized products and commercial real estate finance business while on secondment. 
• Counsel to an investment bank in the creation of a master trust structure for the financing of Fannie Mae mortgage servicing rights and the related issuance of $450 million of term notes.
• Counsel to an investment bank in the creation of a master trust structure for the financing of Ginnie Mae mortgage servicing rights and the related issuances of up to $650 million of term notes.
• Representing initial purchasers and issuers in private placement issuances of asset-backed notes collateralized by mortgage servicing rights and excess servicing spread.
• Representing placement agents, institutional investors, issuers, and sponsors in private placement offerings of term and revolving asset-backed securities collateralized by servicer advance receivables.
• Representing servicers of mortgage loans in all facets of their business, including acquisitions and sales of servicing rights and loans, and financing servicing advance receivables and servicing rights through structured facilities and traditional credit facilities.
• Representing financial institutions in mortgage warehouse facilities involving residential mortgage loans and residential and commercial mortgage-backed securities.

Katrina Llanes represents lenders, underwriters, investors, borrowers, sponsors, and issuers in a variety of corporate finance transactions, including securitization transactions, asset-based finance, structured and secured lending, acquisition finance, and conduit financing arrangements across a broad range of assets. She has experience with agency and private label mortgage servicing rights (MSRs), excess servicing spread, servicing advance receivables, and residential and commercial mortgage loans. Katrina represents women and children seeking immigration relief under the Violence Against Women Act and U-visa petitions. She is a former recipient of the New York Legal Aid Society’s Pro Bono Publico Award for outstanding service to the organization and its clients.

Languages

• Spanish

Bar Admissions

• New York
• New Jersey

Education

• American University (J.D., 2007)
• University of Miami (B.A., 2003)