• Transactional: Focus on commuting and surveilling insured transactions, including legacy RMBS, CLO, CDO and public finance. Purchase and sale of various investments in early-stage companies in the financial services industry.• Strategic initiatives: Legal support in the negotiation of agreement for sale of company and a reinsurance transaction to shift 91% of insured exposure to third party.• Regulatory communications: managed communications with primary regulator, including… Show more • Transactional: Focus on commuting and surveilling insured transactions, including legacy RMBS, CLO, CDO and public finance. Purchase and sale of various investments in early-stage companies in the financial services industry.• Strategic initiatives: Legal support in the negotiation of agreement for sale of company and a reinsurance transaction to shift 91% of insured exposure to third party.• Regulatory communications: managed communications with primary regulator, including successful triennial examination and extraordinary dividend discussions • Risk management: significant role in the development and execution of enterprise risk management framework.• Investor relations/stakeholder communications: development and review of communications for debt holders (primarily hedge funds focused on distressed opportunities) and equity holders, including earnings call scripts, presentations and press releases.• New business development and execution: creation of business plan for possible new business opportunities, including legal support for initial new business activity. • Human resources: drafting of separation agreements (for reductions in forces), compensation plans, stock purchase plan, deferred compensation plans. Show less

• Primary compliance contact over securities laws and regulations for Freddie Mac, touching all business lines within the enterprise. • Advised business teams and management on risks related to applicable securities laws and regulations, primarily related to information wall issues, including complete overhaul of information wall.

Legal consulting work mainly on various aspects of corporate and securitization transactions.

Legal representation of underwriters, issuers, borrowers, lenders, originators, servicers and investors on all facets of securitizations, both mortgage-related and other asset classes:• SEC-registered transactions, 144A Offerings and Private Placements; • Whole loan sales and purchases; and • Warehouse lending, servicing arrangements and financing alternatives.Administrative duties included: • Professional development responsibilities for the hiring, training and… Show more Legal representation of underwriters, issuers, borrowers, lenders, originators, servicers and investors on all facets of securitizations, both mortgage-related and other asset classes:• SEC-registered transactions, 144A Offerings and Private Placements; • Whole loan sales and purchases; and • Warehouse lending, servicing arrangements and financing alternatives.Administrative duties included: • Professional development responsibilities for the hiring, training and staffing of non-partner attorneys.• Member of the firm-wide diversity committee (at McKee Nelson LLP) and the firm-wide associate committee (at Bingham McCutchen LLP).• Managed the supervisor of legal assistants to ensure efficient use of non-lawyer staff Show less