Evan Drutman is counsel in the firm's Finance Group, practicing out of the New York office. His practice focuses on structured finance, asset-based lending and complex financial transactions. He has represented almost every variety of market participant in securitizations of mortgages, home equity loans, commercial loans and other asset classes, utilizing virtually every tax and cashflow structure and form of credit enhancement, including derivatives. He has counseled Fortune 500 and boutique financing companies on asset purchases and sales, whole loan transactions, repurchase agreements and various structured transactions, including the litigation and bankruptcy implications of such transactions.

Evan is a principal outside counsel to a major rating agency, advising on structures, methodologies, criteria, legal comfort, regulatory compliance and corporate governance.

He has recently counseled clients with respect to the legislation and regulation of the financial markets, including the Dodd-Frank Act, and he has served on numerous working groups for the American Securitization Forum.