Amber V. Phillips’ practice focuses on complex financial transactions, particularly structured finance and private credit.

She also focuses on the regulation of U.S. and non-U.S. financial institutions, asset managers, corporates, and family offices under the U.S. securities laws, particularly the Investment Advisers Act of 1940.

Amber’s practice encompasses complex U.S. and international structured transactions and related regulatory advice, including asset-backed lending and securitization transactions, fund finance (including NAV financing, hybrid ABLs, and continuation vehicles), collateralized loan obligations, and agency and private label mortgage-backed securities transactions. She also works with cutting-edge digital asset companies to structure bespoke digital asset financing and tokenization transactions.

Amber regularly advises U.S. and foreign financial institutions, asset managers, corporates, and family offices on regulatory matters ranging from registration and compliance issues to mergers and acquisitions and complex structuring matters. She also regularly advises private equity, private credit, and venture capital advisers in the regulatory aspects of fund formation and management.

Amber joined the firm in 2014 and became a partner in 2024. From 2018 to 2020, she was resident in the London office. In 2016, she was seconded to Credit Suisse’s Secured Products Group in New York, where she advised on asset-backed securitizations across a variety of asset classes including transportation, credit card and student debt, commercial and residential mortgages, and esoterics.

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Notable Experience

  • Lenders and borrowers such as Goldman Sachs, Barclays, Bank of America, KKR, and Owl Rock under secured asset-backed financing facilities for the acquisition of a variety of private credit financial instruments.

  • Societe Generale in a strategic partnership with Brookfield Asset Management to originate and distribute high-quality private credit investments a private investment grade debt funds, including registration of a dedicated investment advisor with the SEC.

  • Amundi S.A. in regulatory matters relating to the business combination of Amundi US and Victory Capital and in its €3.5 billion acquisition of Pioneer Investments from UniCredit.

  • U.S. and non-U.S. family offices on Investment Advisers Act requirements and in business strategies and transactions, including formation and registration of spin-off registered and exempt investment advisors.

  • Major financial institutions and private equity and hedge funds on adapting to securitization-related aspects of financial regulatory reform initiatives, including the development of novel structuring and product offerings.

  • Major underwriters such as Barclays, Citigroup, Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs, Natixis, and Nomura, and collateral managers such as Owl Rock and Silver Point, in the structuring and offering of collateralized loan obligations.

  • Sponsors such as Barclays, Citigroup, Nomura, and Jefferies in the structuring and offering of Ginnie Mae, Freddie Mac, and Fannie Mae single-family REMICs, multi-family REMICs, and HREMICs.

  • Deutsche Bank in regulatory matters relating to the IPO of DWS Group GmbH & Co. KGaA and the related reorganization of its global asset management business.

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Selected Activities

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  • Policy Analyst, New Zealand Parliamentary Service, 2009-2011
  • Policy Analyst, Ministerial Support Branch, New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs, 2011

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