Financial Institutions Consulting

Previously unforeseen market conditions, shifting regulatory frameworks and sophisticated capital markets instruments bring complex compliance, operational and risk management challenges to financial institutions and other market participants.

Friedman’s Financial Institutions Consulting group features leaders in the development, implementation and management of structured and illiquid credit products. We are former CEOs, bankers, traders, insurers and structurers, as well as regulatory compliance, credit and operations professionals with the knowledge necessary to review, analyze and value a wide range of structured, alternative and illiquid assets and products.

Build better-structured transactions

The financial crisis, and the recent market disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, have forced issuers, investors and regulators to re-envision how traditional deal structures function, both pre- and post-closing.

Our hands-on experience advising on structured transactions and securitizations enables us to offer support and guidance throughout the transaction process. We provide meaningful value-added services that make your transaction close smoothly and operate efficiently. Our clients include:

• Law firms
• Securitization sponsors and loan originators
• Specialty finance companies
• Trustees and servicers
• Asset managers and hedge funds
• Banks and credit unions
• Fintech companies
• Investors

For more on our services supporting structured finance litigation, click here.

For more on our regulatory compliance services, click here.

History demonstrates that when concerns arise, it is never too early to enlist experts. Contact us to learn about our tailored solutions to your challenges and concerns.

Our full spectrum of capabilities includes:

• Asset and portfolio analysis, modeling and valuation
• Credit risk management/monitorships/transaction oversight and surveillance
• Data and document management and analytics
• Due diligence/forensic reviews and audits/operational assessments
• Litigation support/expert witness reports and testimony
• Regulatory compliance/governance/internal controls
• Remediation/restructuring/workouts
• Risk management and capital allocation
• Structured transaction and securitization services, including CDOs, CLOs, CMBS, RMBS and other ABS
• Transaction management/advisory services