Amy Williams

Practice Areas

Ms. Williams represents clients in structured finance transactions involving residential mortgages, including warehouse facilities, MSR financings, and securitizations. She has represented Ginnie Mae since assisting in the development of its multiclass securities program in 1994.

She is a trusted adviser to real estate investment trusts, specialty finance companies, and other market participants on Investment Company Act of 1940 issues, including the availability of exclusions from the “covered fund” definition under the Volcker Rule and other regulatory structuring questions.

Ms. Williams serves on the Editorial Board of the ABA Business Law Section’s In Our Opinion newsletter and is a Fellow of the American College of Commercial Finance Lawyers. She frequently speaks on commercial finance, securitization, and legal opinion practice. At her firm, she chairs both the Opinion Committee and the Ethics in Marketing Committee and is actively involved in mentoring and professional development initiatives.

In the community, Ms. Williams chairs the Advisory Board of Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center and chairs the Fundraising Committee of the Pace Center at Virginia Commonwealth University. She is active in her church, where she serves on the community engagement and finance committees.