Edward P. Chen Email & Phone Number

Tokyo, Jp

New York, Ny, Us

Chesterfield, Missouri, Us

New York, Ny, Us

Member, Associate General Counsel - Draft and negotiate documents for proprietary lending program. Handle corporate issues, including assisting in all aspects of capital raising, compliance, licensing, negotiating with vendors and program partners and advising senior management.Capital Markets & Asset-Side Functions•Team-lead for various securitization deals, including the first NRSRO-rated note backed by loans collateralized by international life insurance policies.•Draft deal documents, including PPMs, Pricing Supplements, Indentures, Administration Agreements, Loan Administration Agreements, Purchase Agreements and SPV organizational documents.•Support Head of Capital Markets with negotiating warehousing and risk retention facilities.•Negotiate loan documents for both domestic and international lending program, including loan and security agreements, collateral assignments, borrower organization and other agreements with trustees, rating agencies and insurance carriers.Corporate, Compliance, Business Development, Licensure and Regulatory Affairs•Negotiate and draft joint venture agreements with significant partners.•Draft agreements and notices related to transfer and sale of units in the company.•Acquire and maintain money lender and premium finance licenses, domestically and internationally.•Provide research and documentation on the company’s lending and securitization program to NRSROs, trustees, partners,vendors and potential clients.•Draft and maintain policies for KYC/AML, SARs, OFAC, Customer Privacy, as well as the employee handbook.

London, Gb

• Represented initial purchasers and managers in connection with collateralized loan obligation debt offerings, asset-backed securities offerings and marketplace lending structured product offerings. • Drafted and reviewed indentures, offering memoranda, management agreements, note purchase agreements, warehousing documents, closing certificates, legal opinions, direction letters and other transaction documents.

New York, Ny, Us

• Investigated business practices of some of the world’s largest financial institutions in litigation for their dealings with Residential Mortgage Backed Securities (RMBS) during the 2008 economic crisis, which led to mitigating hundreds of millions of dollars of potential losses in settlement.• Reviewed alleged anti-competitive practices of multi-billion dollar telecom merger in response to a change in FCC regulatory framework and DOJ anti-trust allegations, resulting in client decision to terminate deal.

Flushing, New York, Us

• Drafted memoranda of significant issues involving immigration law and criminal law.• Assisted low-income clients with naturalization and other immigration issues.• Drafted articles to promote public awareness of various issues for low income immigrants.

Jd, Law

B.A., Politics

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