Alexander Radisich

Senior Associate

Los Angeles

aradisich@orrick.com

Read full biography at www.orrick.com

Alex Radisich, a Senior Associate in Orrick’s Los Angeles office, is a member of the firm’s Structured Finance and Banking and Finance Groups.

Alex represents a variety of market participants, including issuers, sponsors, underwriters, servicers, loan sellers and purchasers in connection with securitizations, asset-backed financings and asset acquisitions and sales. Alex has experience working with a wide range of asset classes, including agency and non-agency forward and reverse residential mortgage loans, fix-and-flip loans, servicing rights and advances, consumer loans, student loans and non-performing loans.  

Alex also has experience advising clients on securitization and servicing issues in the bankruptcy context. Alex represented Ditech Holding Corporation, one of the nation’s largest mortgage servicers, as special securitization counsel in connection with its bankruptcy proceedings. In this role, Alex negotiated the terms for the sale of Ditech’s portfolio of agency and non-agency forward mortgage servicing rights and mortgage loans and advised on various securitization and servicing issues that arose with securitization trustees and federal agencies.

During law school, Alex served as a judicial extern to the Honorable Judge Harry Pregerson of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and as a law clerk on the Senate Judiciary Committee for Senator Dianne Feinstein.

Posts by: Alexander Radisich

Agencies Publish Rule Excluding Community Banks from Volcker Rule

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On July 9, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), the Federal Reserve Board, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted a final rule that excludes community banks from the Volcker Rule, which restricts banking entities from engaging in proprietary trading and from owning, sponsoring or having certain relationships with hedge funds or private equity funds. Under the final rule that was adopted, community banks with $10 billion or less in total consolidated assets, and which have total trading assets and liabilities that are 5% or less than such community bank’s total consolidated assets, will be excluded from the Volcker Rule.

 

CFTC Publishes First Enforcement Manual

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On May 8, the Division of Enforcement (DOE) of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) published its first Enforcement Manual. The Enforcement Manual establishes certain general policies and procedures to guide the work of the DOE in pursing violations of the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) and CFTC regulations, and will serve as a general reference for DOE staff in the investigation and prosecution of potential violations of the CEA and CFTC regulations.

Rating Agency Developments

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On May 8, DBRS published its rating methodology for Public Universities. Methodology.

On May 7, Moody’s published its rating methodology for certain Nonprofit Organizations. Release.

On May 6, DBRS published its methodology for Master Canadian Structured Finance Surveillance. Release.

On May 6, Fitch published its rating criteria for Money Market Funds. Release.

On May 3, Moody’s published its rating methodology for Local Currency Country Risk Ceiling for Bonds and Other Local Currency Obligations. Release.

On May 2, Fitch published its Short-Term Ratings Criteria. Release.

On May 2, Fitch published its rating criteria for Global Structured Finance. Release.

 

Rating Agency Developments

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On January 3, DBRS published a global rating methodology for Rating Life and P&C Insurance Companies and Insurance Organizations. Release.

On January 2, DBRS published its Master U.S. ABS Surveillance Methodology. Release.

On January 2, DBRS published its methodology for Structured Finance Flow-Through Ratings. Release.

On December 31, DBRS published its methodology regarding Legal Criteria for U.S. Structured Finance. Release.

On December 14, S&P issued a report entitled: RMBS: Reimbursement Curves for Servicer Advance Securitizations Backed by U.S. Residential Mortgage Loan Advance Receivables. Release.

On December 14, Fitch issued a report entitled: Fitch Updates U.S. State Housing Finance Agencies: Pooled Multifamily Housing Bonds Rating Criteria. Release.

On December 13, DBRS issued a report entitled: Operational Risk Assessment for U.S. ABS Originators. Release.

On December 13, Fitch issued a report entitled: Fitch Updates U.S. RMBS Seasoned and Re-Performing Loan Criteria. Release.

Rating Agency Developments

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On October 10, DBRS published a rating methodology regarding Derivative Criteria for European Structured Finance Transactions. Release.

On October 9, Moody’s published a rating methodology for the Paper and Forest Products Industry. Release.

On October 9, S&P published a table of contents for its Structured Finance Global Ratings Criteria. Release.

On October 8, Fitch published its rating criteria for U.S. RMBS. Release.

On October 8, Fitch published its rating criteria for U.S. Covered Bonds. Release.

On October 5, Fitch published its rating criteria for European RMBS. Release.

On October 5, DBRS published an Operational Risk Assessment for European Structured Finance Servicers. Release.

On October 5, DBRS published an Operational Risk Assessment for European Structured Finance Originators. Release.

Rating Agency Developments

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On June 19, 2018, Fitch published its rating criteria for U.S. Federal Family Education Loan Program Student Loan ABS. Release.

On June 19, 2018, Fitch published its rating criteria for EMEA CMBS. Release.

On June 19, 2018, Moody’s published a rating methodology for Debtor-in-Possession Lending. Release.

On June 18, 2018, Fitch published its rating criteria for U.S. RMBS. Release.

On June 15, 2018, Fitch published its rating criteria for Distressed Debt Exchanges. Release.

On June 15, 2018, Moody’s published a cross-sector rating methodology on General Principles of Liquidity Risk Assessment. Release.

Federal Reserve Board Approves Rule to Limit Risk Concentration Among Systemically Important Financial Firms

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On June 14, 2018, the Federal Reserve Board (the “Board“) approved a rule to limit the concentration of risk between global systemically important bank holding companies (“GISB“) and their counterparties. Under the rule, a GISB would be limited to a credit exposure of no more than fifteen (15) percent of such GISB’s tier 1 capital to another systemically important financial firm, and a bank holding company with over $250 billion in total consolidated assets would be limited to a credit exposure of no more than twenty-five (25) percent of its tier 1 capital to a counterparty. Release.

Rating Agency Developments

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On April 25, 2018 Moody’s published a rating methodology for Generic Project Finance. Release.

On April 24, 2018 S&P published a table of contents for S&P’s Global Ratings Structured Finance Criteria. Release.

On April 23, 2018 Moody’s published a report on The Performance of Moody’s Structured Finance Ratings – 2018Q1. Release.

On April 23, 2018 DBRS published a rating methodology for Canadian Covered Bonds. Release.

On April 20, 2018 DBRS published a rating methodology for Operational Risk Assessments for Canadian Structured Finance. Release.

On April 20, 2018 Fitch published its rating criteria for U.S. RMBS Seasoned, Re-Performing and Non-Performing Loans. Release.

On April 19, 2018 DBRS published a rating methodology for Canadian Public Hospitals. Release.

Rating Agency Developments

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On February 28, 2018, Moody’s published a list of Outdated Credit Rating Methodologies. Release.

On February 28, 2018, DBRS published an updated analysis criteria for Commercial Real Estate Property. Release.

On February 28, 2018, Fitch published an addendum to its rating criteria for Norway Residential Mortgages. Release.

On February 28, 2018, Fitch published its rating criteria for Renewable Energy Projects. Release.

On February 27, 2018, Moody’s published a rating methodology for Tender Option Bonds and Related Instruments. Release.

On February 26, 2018, Fitch published its rating criteria for Public-Sector, Revenue-Supported Debt. Release.

On February 23, 2018, Fitch published its rating criteria for Airports. Release.

On February 23, 2018, Fitch published its rating criteria for Ports. Release.

On February 23, 2018, Fitch published its rating criteria for SME Balance Sheet Securitizations. Release.

On February 23, 2018, Fitch published its rating criteria for CLOs and Corporate CDOs. Release.

On February 22, 2018, Fitch published its rating criteria for U.S. Public Finance Structured Finance Transactions. Release.

On February 22, 2018, Fitch published its rating criteria for U.S. Public Finance Letter of Credit-Supported Bonds and Commercial Paper. Release.

On February 22, 2018, Fitch published its rating criteria for Toll Roads, Bridges and Tunnels. Release.

On February 22, 2018, S&P published an updated rating criteria for RMBS: U.S. Residential Mortgage Operational Assessment Ranking Criteria. Release.

On February 22, 2018, S&P published an updated rating criteria for RMBS: Methodology and Assumptions for Rating U.S. RMBS Issues 2009 and Later. Release.

On February 22, 2018, S&P published an updated rating criteria for RMBS: Assumptions Supplement for Methodology and Assumptions for Rating U.S. RMBS Issues 2009 and Later. Release.