Michael D. Jewesson

Impact of the Obama Administration's Financial Regulatory Overhaul on the Securitization Markets
Mark W. Harris, Patrick C. Sargent, Michael D. Jewesson, September 14, 2009
On June 24, 2009, we published an article generally describing the Obama Administration's plan to substantially reform the regulation of the financial markets (the Plan). A fundamental aspect of the Plan relates to enhanced supervision and regulation of the securitization markets. In the Plan, the...

Round 2 of General Growth Properties Bankruptcy: Motions to Dismiss SPE Bankruptcies Denied, No Bad Faith, Corporate Group Considered
Patrick C. Sargent, Peter K. McKee, Charles T. Marshall, Michael D. Jewesson, September 14, 2009
The structured finance industry heaved a sigh of relief after the court in Round 1 of the General Growth Properties (GGP) bankruptcy approved a cash collateral order and Debtor in Possession (DIP) financing that respected the integrity of the 166 special-purpose finance subsidiaries (GGP SPE Subs)...

Clark Contracting: Texas Lien Assignees Unperfected?
Michael D. Jewesson, April 1, 2009
A recent decision of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Texas, San Antonio Division jeopardizes the collateral of companies engaged in financing Texas automobiles and other assets subject to various Texas certificate of title statutes.