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Mr Thomas Hiner

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Work Department

Structured Finance and Securitization

Position

Partner

Career

Tom is co-head of Hunton Andrews Kurth’s Corporate Team and has served on the firm’s executive committee. In his capacity as Corporate Team head, he has oversight over capital markets, private equity, M&A, REITs and other practice areas. He is a versatile lawyer with broad corporate finance experience, having represented financial institutions for over 30 years in structured finance, asset-based finance, secured lending, acquisition financing, risk transfer, private equity investments in financial and real estate assets, and asset securitization transactions.

Tom’s career has been highlighted by innovative transactions and esoteric and novel asset-based financings based in a deep-rooted background in the fundamentals of traditional structured finance, capital markets, and real estate finance and asset securitization. Tom frequently works side by side with lawyers from our M&A, business lending, funds, tax and bankruptcy/restructuring teams in structuring and executing transactions, providing clients with a comprehensive approach to their structured finance transactions in a complex and constantly changing market. In recent years, Tom has emerged as a notable figure in mortgage servicing investments and financing. In the last decade, he has led over 100 transactions for investments in and financing of servicing-related assets, including the development and implementation of groundbreaking structures.

Memberships

  • Admitted to the New York State Bar
  • Board of Directors, Virginia Center for Creative Arts, Amherst, Virginia

Education

  • JD, Duke University School of Law, with honors, 1989
  • BA, English, University of Virginia, with high distinction, Phi Beta Kappa, 1986

Lawyer Rankings

United States > Finance > Structured finance: securitization

The ‘first-class’ team at Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP offers a wide range of services to its securitization clients. It is knowledgeable in various asset-types, including agricultural, small business, residential mortgage-backed, consumer and auto loans. Its experience includes involves advising on litigation finance, ABS and synthetic credit risk transfer securitizations. The firm is an active counsel to issuers and underwriters of ABS and mortgage-backed securities in particular. Mike Nedzbala, in Richmond co-leads the practice whilst specializing in secondary market transactions concerning residential mortgage loans and servicing rights. His fellow lead, Brent Lewis, advises on regulatory matters out of New York for issuers and underwriters in residential and commercial mortgage loan-backed securitizations. New Yorker Brit Mohler Dufilho is well-versed in residential mortgage servicing rights securitizations, advising lenders including investment banks and funds. Also located in New York, Thomas Hiner is experienced in handling bespoke esoteric and novel asset-based financings, in addition to his prowess in traditional asset-based securitizations. Richmond-based Cecelia Phillips Horner overseas the tax aspects of her clients’ secured financings, domestic and international. Janet Sadler McCrae, situated in New York, advises banks and issuers on matters concerning notable asset-types, such as residential mortgage loans, servicing advances and synthetic credit risk transfers.

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