Matt Hays

Matt's experience includes advising:

• A seller of assets, servicer, transferor, borrower, and guarantor in connection with a legal services receivables financing facility
• An asset manager in connection with its energy acquisition and securitization vehicles
• Affirm, Inc., Avant, Inc., Carvana Co., BFS Capital, Inc., Enova International, Inc. and loanDepot.com, LLC in connection with bank partnership arrangements; whole loan sale and forward flow programs; 144A securitization transactions; and warehouse and term financing facilities 
• Fund managers in connection with loan purchases and financing facilities related to loans originated on platforms sponsored by Lending Club, SoFi, Freedom Plus, Square, CommonBond, Funding Circle U.S., Funding Circle U.K., Upstart, Upgrade and others*
• Many first-time issuers in their inaugural securitization transactions, including CIM Group, Liberty Lending, First Help Financial, Bank of the West, Genesis Financial Solutions, Melody Wireless and others*
• Asset managers in designing machine learning tools to identify LIBOR transition risks*
• Restructuring ABS and structured finance transactions involving bankruptcy court and out of court workouts*
• Creating ABS and structured finance products as collateral for reinsurance and insurance companies*
• Registered mutual funds and private funds in financing facilities*
• Multiple ABS offerings, whole loan sales, forward flow arrangements and warehouse facilities representing banks and finance companies such as Ally Financial Inc., Ally Bank, CarMax Business Services, LLC, Bank of the West and World Omni Financial Corp., backed by pools of retail auto loans, subprime auto loans, dealer floorplan loans, and vehicle leases*
• Issuers, sponsors and fund managers in ABS offerings and warehouse facilities involving cellular sites, distributed antenna systems, personal installment loans, debt settlement loans, and solar panel loans and leases*
• Sellers in whole loan sales and forward flow arrangements involving charged-off and performing credit card receivables, health care receivables, and point of sale loans*
• Mortgage originators and sellers in connection with multiple mortgage repurchase facilities*
• The ad hoc committee of term loan holders for Walter Investment Management Corp. in connection with its chapter 11 restructuring of US$2.1 billion of indebtedness*
• S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc. in its €245 million acquisition of Sara Lee Corporation’s global shoe care business*
• The Special Committee of the Board of Directors of Expedia.com in connection with the spin-off of TripAdvisor, Inc.*

*Handled prior to joining Latham

Thought Leadership

• “Evolution of Financing Sources: Structured Elements in Asset-Based Financings” & “Asset-Based Financing Solutions in Fund Finance: Structuring, Risk Management, and Other Practical Considerations,” American Bar Association Business Law Section (September 12, 2024)
• “Fintech Advancements & Technological Innovation,” IMN ABS East Conference (October 24, 2023)
• “Online Lending & Specialty Finance,” IMN ABS East Conference (October 18, 2022)
• “Current Developments in Securitization and Structured Finance,” American Bar Association’s Business Law Section Annual Meeting (September 2022)
• “Policy Watch: Life With No New LIBOR Contracts: How is the Transition Proceeding,” SFVegas (July 19, 2022)
• “Securitization Basics: Introduction to Reference Rates,” American Bar Association’s Securitization and Structured Finance Committee, Webinar (February 3, 2022)