Overview
Kellie Merkel is a partner in Chapman's Asset Securitization Department. She focuses her practice in the areas of securitization and structured finance, representing investment funds, issuers, borrowers, lenders, underwriters and marketplace lending platforms in a wide variety of transactions. She has experience representing various issuers and underwriters in privately placed asset securitization transactions, warehouse lending transactions and secured credit facilities, as well as representing marketplace lending platforms and investment funds in sales of marketplace loan portfolios.
Kellie has experience with many types of financial assets classes, including credit card receivables, student loan receivables, home improvement receivables, unsecured consumer receivables, commercial receivables, home equity lines of credit, automobile loans and leases, equipment leases, and railcar leases.
Representative Matters
Representation of underwriters:
- $1 billion term securitization of automobile loans and leases
- $728 million term securitization of private student loans
- $400 million term securitization of small business loans
- $273 million term securitization of unsecured consumer receivables
- Placement of residual securities in connection with term securitization
Representation of issuers in connection with:
- $396 million term securitization of home equity lines of credit
- $270 million variable funding note issuance collateralized by credit card receivables
- $250 million term securitization of credit card receivables
- $200 million term securitization of unsecured consumer receivables
- Placement of residual securities in connection with term securitization
Representation of borrowers in connection with:
- $175 million unsecured consumer warehouse facility
- $100 million automobile loan warehouse facility
- $100 million home improvement loan warehouse facility
Representation of lenders in connection with:
- $200 million commercial and consumer receivable warehouse facility
- $150 million equipment loan and lease warehouse facility
Practice Focus
Honors & Awards
Chapman and Cutler 2013 Pro Bono Honor Roll
- For work on a clemency petition through Cabrini Green Legal Aid and with the Spark Chicago program
Admitted
Illinois
Tennessee
Education
Indiana University Maurer School of Law, J.D., magna cum laude, 2013
- Order of the Coif
- Editor-in-Chief, Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies
Indiana University, B.A., Political Science and Spanish, high distinction, 2010