Overview

Janette McMahan is a partner in the Structured Finance & Structured Private Credit Practice Group in Kirkland’s New York office. She advises private equity sponsors, portfolio companies, public companies, asset managers, specialty finance companies and investors in a broad range of complex finance transactions. Janette has significant experience in operating asset securitizations, fund finance, restructurings, trade receivables transactions, auto loan, auto lease and marketplace loan deals. Additionally, she has represented clients in single-family rental transactions, equipment financings, health care receivables deals, investments, divestitures and acquisitions. Janette has counseled ABS sponsors in interpreting and commenting on regulatory reform, including on Regulation AB II, risk retention, shelf eligibility and loan level disclosures.

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Thought Leadership

Seminars

Moderator, “Auto ABS Revisited: Opportunities, Considerations, and Applications,” SFVegas, February 2024

Moderator, “Market Beat: Auto ABS Market,” SFVegas, February 2023

Moderator, “Herbie Goes to Miami: Auto ABS,” ABS East, October 2022

Moderator, “Pandemic Recovery Assessment: The Auto ABS Sector,” ABS East, December 2021 

Moderator, “Key Considerations for Marketplace Lending Securitizations,” Opal Marketplace Lending & Alternative Financing Summit, November 2018

Moderator, “The Private Placement Market,” ABS East, September 2018

Panelist, “SFR Market Update,” SFA Residential Mortgage Finance Symposium, October 2018

Panelist, “Marketplace Lending Disclosures,” SFVegas, February 2017

Panelist, “Assessing Reg AB Implementation to Date,” ABS East, September 2017

Panelist, “ABS 101,” SFVegas, February 2018

Recognition

Recognized in The Legal 500 U.S. for Structured Finance: Securitization, 2011–2024

Memberships & Affiliations

Member, American Bar Association

Member, New York City Bar Association

Member, Structured Finance Association

Member, Women in Securitization’s Content and Digital Presence Committee

Credentials

Admissions & Qualifications

  • 2011New York
  • 1998Illinois

Education

  • Northwestern Pritzker School of LawJ.D.1998
    Executive Editor, Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business
  • Dartmouth CollegeB.A., Governmentwith Honors1992