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Duncan T. O Brien is a member of the Securitization Practice Group and the co-leader of the Financings Practice Group in the Corporate Department. Mr. O Brien concentrates in asset and mortgage securitization and secured and unsecured financing transactions. His asset and mortgage securitization practice includes representation of issuers, credit enhancers, liquidity banks, underwriters and purchasers in domestic and cross border transactions involving a wide variety of assets. Mr. O Brien has experience in derivatives transactions, joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, and project finance. Representative Client Work Counsel to institutional purchasers, multi-seller commercial paper conduit purchasers, investment banks and issuers in connection with asset backed securities involving numerous types of assets, including mortgages, credit card receivables, trade receivables, automobile loans and leases, future flows, insurance premium loans, tax refund loans, student loans and manufactured housing loans Counsel to major European banks in formation of bank-administered commercial paper conduits and in expected loss note (FIN 46R) financings Representation of financial institutions providing credit and liquidity enhancements and hedges, including purchase, cash collateral and loan commitments, currency, credit default, total return and interest rate swaps, letters of credit and collateral invested amounts Counsel to borrower and lenders in connection with multi-currency secured and unsecured credit facilities Bar & Court Admissions New York, 1987 Massachusetts, 1998 U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit Professional & Civic Activities Boston Bar Association Association of the Bar of the City of New York Lawyers Committee for Human Rights Board of Directors, Boston Latin School Association Education J.D., cum laude, Harvard Law School, 1985 B.A., magna cum laude, Harvard College, 1982 | 