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 she helped 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 and MSR financings.

She advises clients on LIBOR transition matters and the issues of the day, including most recently counseling clients on technology issues, such as the move toward hybrid mortgage closings or fully digital closings involving eNotes. Ms. Williams is a trusted adviser on Investment Company Act status questions, including the applicability of exclusions from the “covered fund” definition under the Volcker Rule.

Ms. Williams is chair of the firm's opinions committee and the firm’s ethics in marketing committee. 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.