BOARD: Henry G. Morriello

Henry Morriello is a partner and senior counsel at Arnold & Porter, LLP in New York City. He is active in all areas of finance, including structured finance and derivatives, transportation finance, and financial regulatory matters.

In the area of structured finance and derivatives, Henry represents clients in US and international term securitization and commercial paper conduit transactions involving residential and commercial mortgage loans, corporate loans, equipment leases, student loans, aircraft and railcar loans and leases, auto paper, trade receivables, intellectual property royalties, and esoteric assets. He also represents clients in structuring fixed income and credit derivatives of all types, including credit default swaps and total return swaps.

In the area of transportation finance, Henry has significant experience in operating asset securitization (both aircraft and railcar), aircraft credit facilities, aircraft and railcar loan and lease ABS transactions, and purchases and sales of aircraft and aircraft loan portfolios.

On the regulatory side, Henry is often approached by major financial institutions to help them navigate complex transaction structures and compliance procedures in response to the Dodd-Frank Act, the European and US versions of risk-retention requirements, bank capital and liquidity requirements, and compliance with swaps and commodity poll regulation.

Henry has represented global financial institutions in groundbreaking governmental financial assistance transactions, troubled financial asset portfolio sales, and liquidations. He has been active in representing investment funds and financial institutions in the purchase and financing of financial assets.

Henry is a frequent lecturer at conferences across the country and abroad on topics that include asset/mortgage securitization, marketplace lending, single-family rental securitization, structured product workouts and restructurings, transportation finance, real estate finance, and alternative investments.