Madeline Culbreth

Madeline focuses her practice on structured finance, asset securitization, and similar complex, fast-paced transactions.

Madeline represents financial institutions, specialty finance companies, and mortgage companies as borrowers, lenders, underwriters, and issuers. She drafts and reviews transaction documents, performs due diligence, and facilitates closings. She believes in listening to clients and being responsive to their needs.

Madeline is a member of the firm’s LIBOR Transition Client Service Team and assists clients in transitioning from LIBOR to the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR).

Madeline is dedicated to pro bono work and focuses on serving charitable organizations. She works with local community organizations and other non-profits to maintain bylaws and articles of incorporation and on other governance matters.

Relevant Experience

• Serves as legal advisor to Ginnie Mae in its government guaranteed multiclass securitization program
• Advises lenders on new model documents implementing alternative rates, including all SOFR variants
• Assists issuers and underwriters on mortgage-backed and asset-backed securitizations
• Assists repo buyers and repo sellers in residential mortgage repurchase facilities