Andrew M. Faulkner

Andrew Faulkner has represented participants in asset-backed securities transactions since 1985. He has acted as counsel in public offerings and private transactions involving the issuance of securities backed by credit cards, auto loans, marketplace loans, commercial real estate loans and trade receivables.

Mr. Faulkner has acted as counsel in public offerings and private transactions involving the issuance of securities backed by credit cards, auto loans, marketplace loans, commercial real estate loans and trade receivables. He has represented commercial paper issuers and arrangers, as well as sellers of assets to asset-backed commercial paper programs.

He has advised on cross-border issuances into and out of the United States. In addition, he has advised issuers of commodity index linked structured products, including exchange traded funds.

Mr. Faulkner has a broad credit card securitization practice. He helped establish credit card master trusts for many major issuers and has represented issuers and the underwriters of securities backed by VISA and MasterCard receivables and retailer private label credit card receivables.

Mr. Faulkner has worked on structural innovations for the public issuance of subordinated classes of credit card receivables-backed securities. He also has represented buyers and seller of portfolios of credit card accounts.

Mr. Faulkner has acted as counsel to the issuers or to the underwriters in securitized transactions by Chase, 1st Financial Bank USA, Target Corporation, Bluestem Brands and many other issuers.

Recent transactions have included wireless tower asset-backed securities; Canadian CMBS; the establishment of warehouse financing arrangements for consumer loans; acquisitions, financings and securitizations of marketplace loans; restructurings of securitization programs; and sales of consumer loan portfolios. Mr. Faulkner has advised clients on regulatory developments, including the implementation of Regulation AB, risk retention rules and the Volcker Rule.

Mr. Faulkner represented SIFMA in connection with the preparation of comment letters on rules proposed to implement conflicts of interest limitations for securitization participants under the Dodd-Frank Act. He also represented the American Securitization Forum in efforts to modify and preserve the FDIC’s legal isolation safe harbor for securitization transactions.

Education:

• J.D., Columbia University School of Law, 1985 (Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar)
• B.A., Cornell University, 1981 (magna cum laude)

Admissions : New York