Brian W. Burke

Brian Burke has worked extensively within the capital and private equity markets. During the course of his career, Brian has worked closely with leading institutional clients, on a national scale, in the negotiation and preparation of secured and unsecured debt facilities and other structured finance offerings.

Brian began his legal career at the New York City office of Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP. In his time at Cadwalader, he completed in excess of 70 public residential prime mortgage-backed and asset-backed securitizations, with pool sizes ranging from approximately $150 million to $1.25 billion. Thereafter, Brian took a position at the Phoenix office of Snell & Wilmer, where he expanded his practice area into additional forms of securitizations and asset-backed quasi- and full-financing arrangements, including secured and unsecured revolving credit facilities. He has worked closely with institutional borrowers, developing approaches to interim financing arrangements to achieve true sale, regulatory and accounting objectives.

Other Professional Experience

•Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, LLP, Associate, New York, New York

Representative Presentations and Publications

• The Federal Government: America's Most Liquid Lender, Co-Author, The Corporate Communicator (November 2009)
• Structuring Transactions in this Economy: Raising Private Equity, Co-Author, Colorado Real Estate Journal (July 1-14, 2009)
• Fund Formation Basics: Early Considerations for Structuring a Real Estate Fund, Co-Author, The Corporate Communicator (May 2009)
• Raising Money in a Down Market: Beware Unregistered Broker-Dealers, Co-Author, The Corporate Communicator (May 2009)
• Treasury Releases Terms for Rescue of Private Banks and Savings & Loans, Co-Author, Legal Alert (November 2008)
• Loan Originators May Be on the Hook When Loans Go Sour, Quoted, In Business Las Vegas (June 2007)

Related News & Events

• Jul 01
Structuring Transactions in this Economy: Raising Private Equity (Colorado Real Estate Journal)

Related Publications

• Jan 04
Corporate Communicator - January 2010 Preparation Guide for the Upcoming Annual Report and Proxy Season

• Nov 18
Corporate Communicator - November 2009 The Federal Government: America's Most Liquid Lender

• Jul 01
Structuring Transactions in this Economy: Raising Private Equity

• May 05
Corporate Communicator - May 2009

• Nov 19
Legal Alert: Treasury Releases Terms for Rescue of Private Banks and Savings & Loans

• Jun 15
Loan Originators May Be on the Hook When Loans Go Sour