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Daniel Michaelson counsels transaction parties in market-leading securitization and structured finance transactions.

As primary deal counsel, Dan provides strategic guidance and structuring advice to sponsors, issuers, underwriters, borrowers, lenders, purchasers and service providers in securitization, warehouse lending, mezzanine financing, forward flow, whole loan sale and other structured finance transactions. His work involves a broad set of esoteric, traditional and emerging asset classes, with a focus on assisting clients in launching new asset-backed products, securitizing novel assets and applying securitization technology to create first-in-market products and programs.

Known for his pioneering work in solar securitization, including the first-ever securitization of residential solar assets, the first-ever securitization of commercial and industrial solar assets, the first-ever securitization of interests in residential solar tax equity vehicles and the first-ever securitization to receive a guarantee from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Dan helps clients adapt to rapid regulatory, policy, tax and credit shifts impacting the sector, including developing next-generation programs to take advantage of opportunities in an ever-changing market.

In addition to solar assets, Dan advises parties in emerging sectors as diverse as fiber optics, top-level domains and other digital infrastructure assets, and transactions involving timeshare loans originated by major lodging companies, recurring revenue loans to venture capital-backed life sciences and health care services companies, residential and commercial property assessed clean energy (PACE) assets, federal energy savings performance contracts, unsecured consumer loans, marine and recreational vehicle loans and auto loans.

In addition to his work for clients, Dan volunteers his time by providing pro bono legal services to a New York City-based nonprofit that partners with shelters, social service agencies and community organizations to provide urgently needed children’s supplies and parenting education to at-risk families with children age 5 and younger.