Amy Williams

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Ms. Williams represents borrowers and lenders in asset-based transactions involving residential and commercial loans, servicing advances, servicing rights, single family rental properties, RMBS, CMBS and other assets. She has represented Ginnie Mae since helping develop its multiclass program in 1994. She assists clients in transactions involving government-insured loans (including FHA, VA and USDA loans) and GSEs, including warehouse financings, gestation facilities, early buy-out transactions (EBOs) and MSR financings.

She advises clients on LIBOR transition matters and novel issues, including technology issues, such as eNotes. Ms. Williams is a trusted adviser on Investment Company Act of 1940 status questions, including the applicability of exclusions from the “covered fund” definition under the Volcker Rule.

Ms. Williams serves on the board of the Structured Finance Association and as the vice chair of the Securitization and Structured Finance Committee of the ABA’s Business Law Section. She is chair of the firm's opinion committee, audit response committee, UCC subcommittee and ethics in marketing committee. Ms. Williams serves as a mentor, hosting weekly “Wisdom Wednesday” sessions for younger lawyers. She is also the founder and president of Amy’s Army of Cancer Warriors, a charity dedicated to raising funds for cancer research, including research about cancer disparities.