Securitization and Structured Finance Law
William B. "Bill" Macurda
Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2018 Awarded Practice Areas
Biography
Bill Macurda is a partner in the Finance Group of Alston & Bird. Bill is the senior partner in the firm’s trust practice, one of the largest trust, agency and asset servicing practices in the country. He represents all major trustees, in a wide variety of product types, including structured finance (CMBS, RMBS, ABS, CDO, CLO and REO), corporate debt, municipal debt, hedge fund transactions, lending and project finance. He advises clients in all roles: trustees, master servicers and lenders. Recently, he has counseled clients with transactional, bankruptcy and litigation issues relating to the financial markets crisis and the resulting contraction of the global capital markets.
Overview
Charlotte, North Carolina
- Case Western Reserve University, J.D., graduated 1997
- Wheaton College, B.A., graduated 1991
- North Carolina, North Carolina
- American Securitization Forum - Member
- Commercial Mortgage Securities Association - Member
- Structured Finance Industry Group’s Trustee Committee - Member
Charlotte, North Carolina
- North Carolina, North Carolina
- American Securitization Forum - Member
- Commercial Mortgage Securities Association - Member
- Structured Finance Industry Group’s Trustee Committee - Member
- Case Western Reserve University, J.D., graduated 1997
- Wheaton College, B.A., graduated 1991
Client Testimonials
Awards & Focus
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2026 for work in:
- Securitization and Structured Finance Law
News & Media
Case History
Transactions
- Advised on SEC Regulatory Issues
Regularly advises major financial institutions on SEC regulatory compliance issues, including those related to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Regulation AB and reporting requirements under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
- Advised in Defeasance Transactions
Represented major financial institutions in various defeasance transactions, including defeasance of commercial mortgage loans, mezzanine loans and asset-backed bonds, and in tender offers of asset-backed issues.
- Advised Trustees in CMBS, RMBS, AB and Collateralized Debt
Represented major financial institutions as trustee in closing numerous public and private commercial mortgage-backed, residential mortgage-backed, asset-backed and collateralized debt obligation securitization transactions and secured lending transactions.
- Advised Servicers & Trustees with Bankruptcies on RMBS
Represented major financial institutions as master servicer and trustee in connection with the bankruptcies of servicers and/or mortgage loan sellers on various residential mortgage-backed securitization transactions.
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