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Craig A. Wolson, Esq.

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Listed in Corporate Governance, Finance, Securities

Education and Credentials:
EDUCATION AND ACADEMIC HONORS
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, Ann Arbor, MI
• Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1974
Honors: Articles Editor of Michigan Law Review
Best brief in moot court section
Case Club judge
• Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, 1971
Honors: Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Eta Sigma, Pi Sigma Alpha (honorary fraternities)
James B. Angell Scholar
Specialties:
Structured Finance: Cash, synthetic and hybrid Collateralized Debt Obligations (CDOs), Collateralized Loan Obligations (CLOs), Collateralized Bond Obligations (CBOs), Asset-Backed Securities (ABS), Mortgage-Backed Securities (MBS), Asset-Backed Commercial Paper (ABCP) and Structured Investment Vehicles (SIVs)

Derivatives: Credit Default Swaps (CDS), Interest Rate Swaps, Currency Swaps, Commodity Swaps and Credit-Linked Notes (CLNs)

Finance: Asset-Based Lending, Secured Loans, Real Estate Loans, Project Finance Loans and Repurchase (Repo) Agreements

Securities: Private Placements, Rule 144A and Regulation S Offerings and Quarterly and Annual SEC reports

Corporate: Joint Ventures, M&A, Licensing Agreements and Annual Meetings
Experience:
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Consultant and Expert Witness
Have served as expert witness and/or consultant in numerous cases involving collateralized debt obligations (CDOs), mortgage-backed securities (MBS) and other types of securities, and credit default swaps (CDS), interest rate swaps and currency swaps. This work, based on my experience as Counsel, Special Counsel and Partner at Mayer, Brown & Platt, Schulte, Roth & Zabel, Duane Morris and Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, has included (a) working on behalf of plaintiff hedge fund in two cases brought against two major commercial/investment banks in federal court relating to the interpretation of the collateral provisions of two CDS agreements; (b) working on behalf of two major pension funds in case brought against major bank in federal court involving fraud in the sale of MBS; (c) working on behalf of major investment bank defendant in arbitration brought by another major investment bank involving interpretation of language in nine CDO indentures; (d) working on behalf of 40,000 plaintiffs in class action brought in federal court against two major investment banks involving misrepresentations in the sale of credit-linked notes (CLNs) backed by CDOs and CDS; and (e) working on behalf of plaintiffs in Federal Claims Act case against major insurance company and several major commercial/investment banks involving false claims of over $100 billion relating to MBS, CDOs and CDS.
Securitizations
Negotiated and documented cash, synthetic and hybrid CDOs, asset-backed commercial paper (ABCP) programs, structured investment vehicles (SIVs), collateralized loan obligations (CLOs), collateralized bond obligations, structured derivatives, securitized CLNs, securitized equipment leases, securitized railroad license agreements, securitized auto loans, securitized project finance loans and obligations of certified capital companies. Primary assets of many CDOs, ABCP programs and SIVs were mortgages, commercial MBS (CMBS) and/or residential MBS (RMBS).
Derivatives
Structured, negotiated and/or documented secured and unsecured CDS, and interest rate, currency, commodity, equity, market value and cost of funds derivatives, using ISDA agreements and unique forms. Was main derivatives lawyer for largest swaps dealer in world. Heavily involved in promulgation of 1992 ISDA Master Agreement forms, which are still used throughout the industry.
Loans and Credit Facilities
Structured, negotiated and/or documented syndicated and single-lender asset-based and other secured loans (including loans secured by inventory, accounts receivable, vehicles, equipment, trademarks, securities, and life insurance); project, lease and other limited recourse financings (of oil and gas refineries and pipelines, 747 aircraft, marine vessels, manufacturing plants, and foundries); acquisition financings; letter of credit transactions supporting rated commercial paper and tax-exempt bonds; workouts; intercreditor agreements; subordination agreements; synthetic loans and repurchase ("repo") and reverse repurchase ("reverse repo") agreements.
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Craig Wolson specializes in structured finance, derivatives, and securitization matters. His experience includes cash, synthetic and hybrid collateralized debt obligations (CDOs), asset-backed securities (ABS) of various types, structured investment vehicles (SIVs), collateralized loan obligations (CLOs), mortgage-backed securities (MBS), credit default swaps (CDS), interest rate swaps, credit-linked notes (CLNs), repurchase (“repo”) agreements and securities fraud.

As a transactional attorney he has been an Associate, Special Counsel or Partner at several of the leading transactional law firms in the United States, including Shearman & Sterling; Mayer, Brown & Platt; and Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft. As an expert witness and/or consultant, he has worked with many of the leading litigation firms, and leading litigation departments of full-service firms, in the country, including Berger Montague; Chapman and Cutler; Kirby McInerney; Labaton Sucharow; Patterson Belknap; Robbins Geller; Scott + Scott; and Williams & Connolly.

Mr. Wolson is often called upon to participate in or moderate various seminars. Articles he has written, co-authored or edited have been published, among other places, in The Business Lawyer, The Michigan Law Review and Law 360.

From 2004-08 he served as Chairman of the Structured Finance Committee of the New York City Bar Association. He has been recognized as a New York Super Lawyer by Law and Politics Magazine. In 2010 he was added to the American Arbitration Association’s roster of arbitrators; he was asked to do so specifically because of his expertise in structured finance, securities and derivatives matters. He has been included for many years in Who’s Who in the World, Who’s Who in America, Who’s Who in American Law and Who’s Who in Finance and Business.

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