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Jonathan C. Wishnia

Partner
Chair, Mortgage & Structured Finance Practice

New York
T: +1 646.414.6797 F: +1 973.597.2543 jwishnia@lowenstein.com
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Clients value Jonathan Wishnia's extensive experience in matters related to the trading and financing of whole loans and servicing rights, the servicing of mortgage loans, and the securitization of various asset classes. He also advises clients regularly on secured and unsecured credit facilities, asset purchases and sales, mergers and acquisitions, and other general capital markets matters.

Jonathan maintains a diverse practice that includes representation of investment managers and management companies, fund organizations and portfolio companies, investment and commercial banks, consulting firms, financial institutions, broker-dealers, mortgage servicers and originators, and nonprofit foundations, among others.

Jonathan also serves as co-chair of the firm's Recruiting Committee and has been recognized as "Empire State Counsel" by the New York State Bar Association for his pro bono work in the housing finance sector.

  • Mortgage Banking and Finance: Represented financial institutions, master servicers, and servicers in connection with existing securitization and whole loan rights and obligations, as well as the acquisition or disposition of mortgage servicing rights and servicing portfolios. Advised mortgage loan servicers in connection with the negotiation and execution of servicing advance facilities.
  • CLOs: Counseled an investment management company in connection with the structuring and closing of multiple collateralized loan obligations in 2011 and 2012.
  • Esoteric Securitization: Advised a customer acquisition solutions company in connection with the securitization of its most significant order management engagement. Advised a receivables acquisition company in the securitization of a defaulted credit card receivables portfolio.
  • REITs: Represented an investment management company in connection with the creation and public offering of a real estate investment trust.
  • RE-REMICs: Advised an investment management company in connection with the resecuritization of portfolio RMBS.
  • Credit Derivatives and Other Structured Products: Advised a national bank on credit derivatives transactions. Represented an investment management company in connection with the renewal and expansion of a principal-protected notes platform.
  • Institutional Investor Dispute Resolution: Advised multiple RMBS, CDO, and structured products institutional investors in assessing and asserting rights as bondholders, as related to mortgage put-back claims, securities fraud claims, waterfall disputes, or other contractual disputes.
  • Restructuring and Insolvency: Assisted a distressed consumer receivables portfolio company in connection with the restructuring of its asset-based lending facility and a securitization vehicle. Advised an insolvent mortgage loan originator and servicer in connection with the disposition of assets pursuant to Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code.

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Education

  • New York University School of Law (J.D. 2002), Executive Board Member, Journal of International Law & Politics

    University of Wisconsin-Madison (B.B.A. 1999), Initiate, Iron Cross Honor Society

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  • New Jersey
  • Tennessee

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