Tom Biafore focuses his practice on structured finance and servicing matters relating to commercial mortgage-backed securities with an emphasis on federal tax and compliance issues. He represents a number of servicers and special servicers on a variety of matters relating to securitized loan modifications and restructurings. Mr. Biafore has significant experience with a variety of pass-through finance vehicles including REMICs and grantor trusts. He has given numerous lectures and authored articles relating to tax and servicing issues in structured finance and has represented servicing clients in successful requests to the IRS for private letter rulings on a variety of securitization issues. Mr. Biafore has served as national CMBS and REMIC counsel to numerous servicers and special servicers. Mr. Biafore has testified as an expert witness in federal court and bankruptcy court in the areas of U.S. and international capital markets, REMIC matters, and call protection in U.S. Capital Markets loans. Mr. Biafore was recognized by The Best Lawyers in America® in 2011 and 2012 in the areas of Real Estate and Structured Finance law. He was also named a 2012 "Atlanta Lawyer of the Year" in the area of Securitization and Structured Finance Law by The Best Lawyers in America®. Mr. Biafore was named a 2009 and 2010 Georgia "Super Lawyer" in the area of Securities & Corporate Finance by SuperLawyers magazine. Industries Real Estate; Financial Services Experience REMIC counsel to noteholders, REMIC counsel to noteholders on $2 billion plus multi-property loans. Defeasances of billions of dollars of CMBS loans, Represented servicer and special servicer in defeasances of billions of dollars of securitized mortgage loans. *Experience gained by attorney prior to joining Kilpatrick Townsend Publications 02 September 2010, Revenue Procedure 2010-30: Collateral Releases in CMBS - Inching Closer to a Solution, Legal Alerts 10 October 2009, REMIC - Based Repurchase Claims - Qualified Mortgages and Foreclosure Property
Source: Servicer Survival Guide, Other Publications 01 October 2009, A Primer on Net Income from Foreclosure Property
Source: Servicer Survival Guide, Other Publications 01 October 2009, Updated REMIC Regulations - What Do They Mean?
Source: Servicer Survival Guide, Other Publications 01 October 2009, REMIC Qualification - Why Do We Care?
Source: Servicer Survival Guide, Other Publications 01 October 2009, Rev. Proc. 2009-45 - Does it Help?
Source: Servicer Survival Guide, Other Publications 01 October 2009, Fear of the Unknown - The Danger of Holding Unqualified Assets
Source: Servicer Survival Guide, Other Publications 01 October 2009, IRS Information Returns - Cancellation of Indebtedness and Reporting Requirements
Source: Servicer Survival Guide, Other Publications 01 October 2009, Accepting Prepayments and Payoffs
Source: Servicer Survival Guide, Other Publications 01 October 2009, Foreclosure Property Extensions - When and Where to File?
Source: Servicer Survival Guide, Other Publications 29 September 2009, The Impact of Updated REMIC Regulations
Source: Law 360, Articles 22 September 2009, Rev. Proc. 2009-45 Does it help?, Legal Alerts 18 September 2009, Updated REMIC Regulations - What do they mean?, Legal Alerts 08 November 2007, Newly Proposed REMIC regulations -- What do they mean for servicers and borrowers?, Legal Alerts 01 March 2000, Servicing Securitized Loans -- More Tax Issues Are Involved Than Meet the Eye
Source: Journal of Bank Taxation, Articles 01 September 1999, Servicing Commercial Mortgage Securitizations
Source: Lanoka Publishing Company, Articles News 10 October 2011, Best Lawyers in America Names Six Kilpatrick Townsend Attorneys 2012 "Atlanta Lawyers of the Year", News Releases 06 September 2011, Kilpatrick Townsend Earns Record-Breaking Recognition in Annual Best Lawyers in America 2012, News Releases 12 August 2010, Kilpatrick Stockton Earns Record-Breaking Recognition in Annual Best Lawyers in America 2011, News Releases 04 March 2010, Kilpatrick Stockton Ranked Number One in Five 2010 Georgia Super Lawyer Categories, News Releases 04 August 2009, Kilpatrick Stockton Earns Record-Breaking Recognition in Annual Best Lawyers in America 2010, News Releases 02 March 2009, Kilpatrick Stockton Ranked Number One in Five Georgia Super Lawyer Categories, News Releases (Also at San Francisco, California Office) |