Overview
Josh Kinard is a partner and member of Chapman’s Asset Securitization Group. Josh represents borrowers, issuers, funds, banks, and other financial institutions in documenting and negotiating warehouse lending transactions secured by auto loans and leases, equipment, rail, consumer loans, credit card receivables, and other financial assets. He also represents issuers and underwriters in public and private issuances of asset-backed securities. Josh also has worked on trade receivables facilities and forward flow transactions. In his practice, Josh frequently drafts and negotiates credit agreements, offering documents, legal opinions, and security agreements.
Prior to re-joining Chapman, Josh practiced law at an Am Law 100 firm. His previous work focused on advising corporate clients in mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, and corporate finance matters, as well as documenting and negotiating purchase agreements and commercial contracts, corporate governance and entity formation, and due diligence matters.
Representative Matters
- Counsel to issuer in connection with a $675 million securitization of equipment loans and leases.
- Counsel to issuer in connection with a $550 million securitization of home improvement loans.
- Counsel to underwriters in connection with a $1.5 billion securitization of automobile loans.
- Counsel to agent bank in a CLO securitization of health care receivable backed ABL loans.
- Counsel to agents and lenders in connection with numerous revolving warehouse facilities for equipment lessors and auto lenders.
Practice Focus
- Asset Securitization and Structured Finance
- Asset-Backed Securities
- Asset-Based Lending
- Banking and Financial Services
- Commercial Lending
- Commercial Paper and Bank-Financed Transactions
- Consumer Loans
- Corporate Trust and Agency Services
- Credit Card Receivables
- Equipment Finance Receivables
- Motor Vehicle Loans, Leases, and Floorplan Receivables
- Trade Receivables
Admitted
District of Columbia
North Carolina
Virginia
Education
University of North Carolina School of Law, J.D., Honors, 2013
- Contributing Editor, North Carolina Journal of International Law and Commercial Regulation
University of North Carolina, B.A., Political Science and Spanish, 2010
- Phi Beta Kappa