Jeremy is an accomplished neutral--arbitrating and mediating complex disputes worldwide--with offices in Phoenix, Arizona, and Mexico City, Mexico. Jeremy is a panelist on the American Arbitration Association National Arbitrator Panel (Commercial and Consumer) and National Mediator Panel--as well as other distinguished domestic and international panels. Formerly general counsel of a large financial institution, Jeremy continues to work as a as a transaction, regulatory, and trial attorney for a select group of financial institutions and other creditors. Jeremy has significant litigation experience representing clients in complex bankruptcy, restructuring, and creditors’ rights issues, as well as pre-litigation workout of defaulted credits. Jeremy’s varied transaction experience includes loan workout involving complex lending relationships, and Jeremy has regularly counseled servicers of securitized commercial loan portfolios in connection with commercial loan assumptions and defeasances, among other issues. Jeremy’s legal advice is informed by his practical banking experience, having worked in the Consumer and Small Business Divisions of Bank of America and the Corporate Trust Division of Wells Fargo. Additionally, Jeremy is a student at the Pacific Coast Banking School at the University of Washington—the Nation's premier national graduate school of banking. This practical perspective is key to Jeremy’s ability to counsel and interact credibly with institutional clients on sophisticated banking matters.

Seasoned financial institution attorney responsible for all legal and compliance matters for institution.

Advise financial institution clients on various regulatory matters, including the Truth in Lending Act, Dodd-Frank, Electronic Funds Transfer Act, and Section 23 of the Federal Reserve Act. Manage opening of firm’s Arizona office. Represent financial institutions and other creditors in complex litigation and transactions including state law securities claims as well as complex bankruptcy, restructuring, and creditors’ rights issues, as well as litigation related to complex credit arrangements.

Represented financial institutions and other creditors in bankruptcy, restructuring and creditors’ rights issues. His litigation experience included commercial and consumer bankruptcy, foreclosure, replevin, deficiency and guarantor actions, and collections. He regularly litigated these issues on behalf of his clients in state and federal courts. Additionally, Jeremy defended financial institutions in actions related to their collection activities.

Regularly counseled servicers of securitized loan portfolios—including Bank of America—in connection with post-securitization transactions, with particular emphasis on the defeasance of commercial loans held in a REMIC trust, as part of the Global Finance & Debt Products Practice Group.

Responsible for the management of an multi-billion dollar portfolio of securities sufficient to cover debt service on defeased loans. Active in document drafting, review, negotiation, and client expectation management for the defeasance of loans, with primary responsibility for review of legal documentation and independent accountant’s reports to protect Wells Fargo’s position in transaction.