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William S. Haft Partner
New York
Bill regularly advises clients on cross-border matters, including transactions in the maritime, energy and infrastructure and technology sectors. He has particular experience in the maritime sector, having guided various market participants on numerous complex international shipping and offshore corporate and capital markets deals and restructurings.
Reflecting feedback from his clients, Bill was named a BTI “Client Service All-Star” and is described by an IFLR1000 client commentator as “extremely responsive” with a “deep spectrum of knowledge,” in Banking and Finance.
Before joining Orrick in 2002, Bill practiced with two other international law firms in New York and Paris.
Practice:
- Finance Sector
- Structured Finance
- Residential Mortgage‐Backed Securities
- Asset‐Backed Securities
Ashley Halvorsen Senior Associate
Los Angeles
Ashley represents issuers, underwriters, servicers, lenders, and other market participants in connection with securitizations, asset financings and sales, and negotiation of lending facilities. Ashley's practice encompasses a variety of asset-backed securities, including residential mortgage-backed securities and credit and charge card receivables.
Practice:
- Finance Sector
- Structured Finance
Joanna Hernandez Senior Associate
Los Angeles
Joanna’s practice focuses on a variety of asset-backed classes, including credit and charge card receivables, and consumer loans. She regularly works with fintech companies assisting these clients with their financing needs.
Among her experience, Joanna represents issuers, sponsors and underwriters in connection with public offerings and private placements of asset-backed securities. She also has experience with transactions relating to the sale and financing of residential mortgage loans, including residential mortgage-backed securitizations, repurchase facilities and servicer advance facilities.
Prior to joining the firm, Joanna worked as an associate at a municipal law firm and represented public agencies in litigation and public finance matters.
Practice:
- Finance Sector
- Commercial Mortgage‐Backed Securities
- Asset‐Backed Securities
- Structured Finance
Kar Ho Of Counsel
New York
Practice:
- Finance Sector
- Structured Finance
- Asset‐Backed Securities
- Residential Mortgage‐Backed Securities
Martin Howard Partner
Los Angeles
Marty is a securities, finance and securitization lawyer advising sophisticated financial institutions in the financing, purchase and sale, and securitization of financial assets. Marty advises issuers, underwriters, dealers, placement agents, collateral managers, servicers and investment funds in domestic and offshore securities offerings, both public and private, involving the securitization of mortgage-backed securities, collateralized loan obligations, collateralized debt obligations, manufactured housing contracts, residual interests and credit card receivables.
Marty has extensive experience advising clients with respect to a broad array of mortgage products, including prime and non-prime, closed-end second lien, home equity loans, non-performing and re-performing loans, and seasoned loans. Marty also represents investment banks, bank holding companies and investment funds on warehouse financings, whole loan purchases and sales, sales and securitization of servicing advance receivables and the day-to-day operations of servicing mortgage loans.
During the last 31 years of practice in the global financial markets, Marty has been involved with several innovations in financial products and has lectured to domestic and international audiences on the workings of the securitization process, including the rules and regulations of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Practice:
- Finance Sector
- Structured Finance
- Commercial Mortgage‐Backed Securities
James Jenkins, III Managing Associate
Washington, D.C.
He represents a variety of market participants, including sponsors, issuers and underwriters, in public and private offerings of commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS).
He joins Orrick from Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders in Washington, D.C. Prior to and during law school, James worked in the secondary market as a Performance Manager in the Credit Risk Management division at Freddie Mac, where he managed the performance of billions of dollars in MBS assets.
Practice:
- Structured Finance
- Asset‐Backed Securities
- Capital Markets
- Banking & Finance
James Jirtle Partner
London
James's experience includes advising:
- Arrangers and managers on over 40 EUR CLOs.
- Issuers and investors in connection with the warehousing and securitisation of various assets, including trade receivables, consumer loans, telco receivables and physical commodities.
- Issuers, arrangers and investors on compliance with European securitisation regulation requirements.
- Borrowers on corporate bonds and private debt transactions.
Practice:
- Banking & Finance
- Structured Finance
- Asset‐Backed Securities
- Funds
Aurélie Le Griel Managing Associate
Paris
Aurélie advises French and international financial institutions, corporates, sponsors, investors and asset managers on French and cross border transactions. She advises on banking, structured finance and securitization transactions.
Prior to joining Orrick, Aurélie was an associate for five years in the Securitization and Structured Finance teams of two leading international law firms in Paris.
Yingying Li Associate
New York
Yingying Li Associate
New York
Yingying represents investment banks, asset managers and issuers in connection with collateralized loan obligations. She also represents investors, issuers and other market participants in other asset-backed securities transactions, such as esoteric assets and crypto currencies.
Yingying is a CFA charter holder. Before joining Orrick, she was an investment banker that specialized in building financial models for renewables energy projects.
Practice:
- Structured Finance
- Asset‐Backed Securities
- Banking & Finance
- Derivatives
Klaudia Mach Senior Associate
London
Klaudia practiced as a solicitor at another international law firm and completed a client secondment to a major investment bank before joining Orrick. She has also taught contract law at King’s College London and worked at a prime brokerage firm.
Practice:
- Finance Sector
- Structured Finance
- Asset‐Backed Securities
- Banking & Finance
- Equity Capital Markets
- Derivatives
- Swaps and Other Hedges
John MacKerron Senior Counsel
New York
Practice:
- Finance Sector
- Structured Finance
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Residential Mortgage‐Backed Securities
- Equity Capital Markets
- Fintech
Dora Mao Senior Counsel
San Francisco
In addition, she advises financial services clients regularly in connection with Dodd-Frank Act compliance, Regulation AB and other securities law and regulatory compliance matters, warehouse facilities, purchase and sale agreements and template development, servicing rights and repurchase facilities. She has also advised nonprofits in connection with financing affordable housing and economic development.
In 2012, she was seconded part-time to a finance company client, where she assisted in drafting and implementing compliance policies and procedures and related training materials.
Dora is also experienced in a broad range of securities and commercial transactions, including private and public offerings of equity and debt, mergers and acquisitions, and commercial loan origination. She has represented both issuers and investors in a wide variety of equity and debt issuances.
Dora was Partner-in-Charge of the San Francisco office of the firm from 2000 through 2003 and serves on the firm’s Opinion Committee and Professional Development Committee. She served on the Board of Directors of the Girl Scouts of Northern California from 2004 through 2012 and the Board of Trustees of San Francisco University High School from 2007 through 2014.