Speaking Engagements
Moderator:
Seminar: “The Upheaval in the Subprime Market: The Direct and Indirect Effects of Same on the Structured Finance Market,” New York City Bar Association, January 2008
Seminar: “What Every Finance Lawyer Needs to Know About Securitization,” New York City Bar Association, May 2007
Speaker:
Seminar: Securitization of Project Finance Loans, New York City Bar Association, April 2003
Seminar: “Careers in Structured Finance and Securitization”, New York City Bar Association, March 2024
Webinar: “Rendering Structured Finance Opinions of Counsel: Substantive Consolidation, Authority to File Bankruptcy, and More”, Strafford Publications Webinar, April 2024
Publications
Co-Editor and Co-Author
Frequently Used Terms in Securitization and Structured Finance Transactions (V. Tucker and C. Wolson ed. 2015)
Co-Author
Comment Letter to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation relating to proposed amendments to the regulatory capital requirements applicable to large banking organizations and banking organizations with significant trading activity, submitted on April 8, 2024
Comment Letter to SEC dated November 17, 2023 relating to the issuance by the staff of the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance of a Compliance and Disclosure Interpretation addressing the question as to when transaction agreements must be filed in order to be considered timely for purposes of Form SF-3 eligibility. The letter was submitted by the Federal Regulation of Securities Committee and the Securitization and Structured Finance Committee of the Business Law Section of the American Bar Association.
Comment Letter to SEC dated April 5, 2023 relating to the Commission’s re-proposed rule concerning conflicts of interest pertaining to certain securitizations, submitted by American Bar Association Business Law Section
“Effects of Inflation on the Capital Markets,” James A. Kyprios and Craig A. Wolson, Securities Experts Roundtable, January 26, 2023
“Bankruptcy Remoteness: A Summary Analysis,” published in Fall 2022 Business Lawyer
“Model Form of Limited Liability Company Agreement,” published in Fall 2022 Business Lawyer
“A Call for Industry Awareness of Risks Relating to Residual Interests in Securitizations,” published in December 2021 Business Law Today
Comment Letter to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System dated July 29, 2020 relating to the Board’s Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility (“TALF”), submitted by American Bar Association Business Law Section
Comment Letter to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System dated June 5, 2020 relating to TALF, submitted by American Bar Association Business Law Section
Comment Letter to the U.S. Department of the Treasury dated August 5, 2016 and relating to the Treasury’s White Paper issued on May 10, 2016 entitled “Opportunities and Challenges in Online Marketplace Lending,” submitted by the Structured Finance Committee of the New York City Bar Association (Craig A. Wolson, Founder and Chair from 2004-08)
Comment Letter to the U.S. House of Representatives dated June 15, 2016 and relating to H.R. 4166, the Expanding Proven Financing for American Employers Act (intended to provide tailored credit risk retention requirements to certain qualifying collateralized loan obligations), submitted by the Structured Finance Committee of the New York City Bar Association (Craig A. Wolson, Founder and Chair from 2004-08)
Comment Letter to the U.S. House of Representatives dated June 15, 2016 and relating to H.R. 4620, the Preserving Access to CRE Capital [through the commercial mortgage-backed securities market] Act of 2016, submitted by the Structured Finance Committee of the New York City Bar Association (Craig A. Wolson, Founder and Chair from 2004-08)
White Paper dated October 5, 2015, entitled “Issues in Securitization” and based on an educational program presented by the Structured Finance Committee of the New York City Bar Association (Craig A. Wolson, Founder and Chair from 2004-08) on April 14, 2015
“Annual Review of Federal Securities Regulation,” published in Summer 2015 The Business Lawyer
Comment Letter to SEC dated May 6, 2014 relating to two proposing releases pertaining to asset-backed securities (ABS)—in particular, the disclosure of asset-level information; submitted by American Bar Association Business Law Section
Comment Letter to SEC dated November 12, 2013 relating to reproposal of rules pertaining to risk retention in transactions involving ABS, released jointly by the OCC, the Federal Reserve Board, the FDIC, the SEC, the Federal Housing Finance Agency and HUD; submitted by American Bar Association Business Law Section
Comment Letter to Uniform Law Commission dated November 8, 2013 relating to the Commission’s proposed Residential Real Estate Mortgage Foreclosure Process and Protections Act, submitted by the Securitization and Structured Finance Committee of the American Bar Association Business Law Section
Comment Letter to Uniform Law Commission dated May 2, 2013 relating to the Commission’s proposed Residential Real Estate Mortgage Foreclosure Process and Protections Act, submitted by the Securitization and Structured Finance Committee of the American Bar Association Business Law Section
Supplemental Comment Letter to SEC dated August 10, 2012 relating to the SEC’s proposed rules pertaining to risk retention in transactions involving ABS, submitted by American Bar Association Business Law Section
Comment Letter to SEC dated November 16, 2011 relating to the SEC’s re-proposal of the shelf eligibility conditions for ABS, submitted by American Bar Association Business Law Section
Comment Letter to SEC dated November 15, 2011 relating to the SEC’s proposed changes to Rule 3a-7 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (in particular, to delete the investment-grade ratings requirement of the Rule), submitted by American Bar Association Business Law Section
Comment Letter to SEC dated November 14, 2011 relating to the SEC’s Concept Release relating to interpretive issues under the Investment Company Act of 1940 pertaining to the status under the Act of companies that are engaged in the business of acquiring mortgages and mortgage-related instruments, submitted by American Bar Association Business Law Section
Comment Letter to SEC dated August 19, 2011 relating to the SEC’s proposed rules pertaining to credit rating agencies, submitted by American Bar Association Business Law Section
Comment Letter to SEC dated July 20, 2011 relating to the SEC’s proposed rules pertaining to risk retention in transactions involving ABS, submitted by American Bar Association Business Law Section
Comment Letter to SEC dated November 30, 2010 relating to the SEC’s proposed rule pertaining to certain requirements to be imposed on rating agencies in connection with reports accompanying credit ratings of ABS and requirements to be imposed on ABS issuers to disclose demands for repurchase of assets and whether such assets were repurchased, submitted by American Bar Association Business Law Section
Comment Letter to SEC dated November 17, 2010 relating to the Commission’s proposed rules pertaining to risk-retention with respect to securitizations, submitted by American Bar Association Business Law Section
Comment Letter to SEC dated November 17, 2010 relating to the Commission’s proposed requirement that an ABS issuer perform a review of the assets underlying certain ABS offerings, submitted by American Bar Association Business Law Section
Comment Letter to Financial Stability Oversight Council dated November 8, 2010 relating to the Council’s Study Regarding the Implementation of the Prohibitions on Proprietary Trading Imposed by the Dodd-Frank Act, submitted by American Bar Association Business Law Section
“Structuring Commercial Mortgage Securitization Special Purpose Entities After General Growth Properties,” published in November 2010 Bloomberg Law Reports
Comment Letter to SEC dated October 29, 2010 relating to the Commission’s proposed rule concerning conflicts of interest pertaining to certain securitizations, submitted by American Bar Association Business Law Section
Comment Letter to SEC dated August 17, 2010 relating to the Commission’s proposed amendments to Regulation AB, submitted by American Bar Association Business Law Section
Securitization in the Post-Crisis Economy: An ABA Business Law Section White Paper” (paper completed on November 20, 2009 by American Bar Association Business Law Section, presented to Congress on January 22, 2010 and sent to the FDIC on March 5, 2010)
“Reviving Securitization–A Response to Critics,” published in June 8, 2009 Law 360
“Special Report on the Preparation of Substantive Consolidation Opinions,” published in February 2009 The Business Lawyer
New York City Bar Association Statement to Obama Transition Team Regarding Regulation of Financial Services, December 2008
Comment letter re American Securitization Forum proposal (Project RESTART RMBS Disclosure Package), August 20, 2008
Comment letter to Financial Accounting Standards Board re Revised Exposure Draft of Proposed Amendments to FASB Statement No. 140 Relating to Transfer of Financial Assets, October 28, 2005
Author
“The Real Estate Investment Trust: State Tax, Tort and Contract Liabilities of the Trust, Trustee and Shareholder,” March 1973 Michigan Law Review (reprinted in The Real Estate Investment Trust–Problems and Opportunities (L. Oliensis ed. 1974))
Editor
New York City Bar Association Structured Finance Committee Blog, 2015-19