Glenn Arden has practiced in the structured finance, securitization, and derivatives markets since their inception in the 1980s. He was an early advisor in the integration of swaps and other derivatives into securitization structures, culminating in a pioneering role in the creation of synthetic collateralized debt obligations (CDOs) and total return swaps (TRS). He is experienced in the representation of issuers, sponsors, underwriters, investors, and rating agencies in connection with the issuance of asset-backed and mortgage-backed securities and structured products. Glenn also advises clients in connection with capital markets transactions involving equity derivatives, such as convertible securities with call spreads, accelerated share repurchase programs (ASRs), and sales of Visa Class B shares. As a member of the Firm's opinion committee, he has primary responsibility for the Firm's opinions as to legal isolation (true sale and substantive consolidation) and the treatment of derivatives and securities contracts under bankruptcy and banking regimes, as well as compliance with Dodd-Frank regulations such as the Volcker Rule and risk retention.
Glenn's recent new issuance experience has included the securitization of electromagnetic spectrum for telecommunications, the securitization of airline ticket receivables, and multijurisdictional trade receivables facilities.
Glenn has been a frequent speaker on securitization and derivatives. He is author of the chapter on "Derivatives and Securitization" in the treatise Securitizations: Legal and Regulatory Issues, published by Law Journal Press, and has served as an adjunct assistant professor of financial management at New York University, where he taught a graduate course in the legal analysis of structured finance.
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- October 20, 2010
Mortgage-Backed Securities Litigation: Recent Developments - March 18, 2010
Collateralized Debt Obligation Litigation on the Rise - December 2006
Legal and Regulatory Issues for CDOs at CDO Summit - February 2006
Synthetic Technology and Credit Developments, ABS West Conference - February 2005
Secondary Market Trading of CDOs Developments, ABS West Conference - June 2004
Use of Credit Default Swaps in Synthetic CDOs, Global ABS Conference - March 2004
Derivatives and Securitization: Legal and Regulatory Developments for Credit Derivatives, Credit Derivatives/Synthetic Securitization Conference - February 2004
CDO Repackaging, ABS West Conference - February 2003
Derivatives and Securitization Post-Enron, Annual ABS Symposium - November 2002
Overview of the Credit Default Swap Market, Credit Derivatives/Synthetic Securitization Conference - September 2002
Funding CDOs with ABCP, European Forum on ABCP - May 2002
Synthetic CDOs, CDO Market Summit - February 2002
Alternative Investment and Hedge Fund CDOs, ABS West Conference - June 2001
Financial Guaranty Insurance for Equipment Lease Transactions - May 2001
Issuer Workshop on Legal Issues in Global Securitization, Global ABS Conference - February 2001
Derivatives and Synthetic Securities, Annual ABS Symposium - June 2000
Asset Securitization Academy, Chairman - June 2000
Arbitrage CDOs, Annual European ABS Conference
- New York University (J.D. 1984; Order of the Coif; Associate Editor, Law Review); Amherst College (B.A. in Physics 1981 and B.A. in Art Studies 1981 magna cum laude; John Woodruff Simpson Fellow)
- New York
- Glenn's practice at Jones Day and his views on the market were profiled in the "People to Know" section of the October 2007 issue of CDO Focus magazine (Focus Point Press)