Overview
Orion Mountainspring is a partner in Chapman's Asset Securitization Department. He has a broad background in asset finance, securitization, mortgage finance, and derivatives.
Orion frequently represents warehouse lenders and borrowers, forward flow and static pool loan purchasers and issuers, underwriters, and investors in public and private conduit and term transactions backed by structured asset classes, including consumer loans, residential and commercial mortgages, student loans, solar loans, marketplace lending, auto loans, credit cards, shipping, and municipal bonds. He has also worked with issuers and underwriters to develop multiple solar securitization programs.
Prior to joining Chapman, Orion worked at a major investment bank and as an analyst at one of the top three rating agencies.
Representative Matters
- Representation of sponsor and initial purchasers in multiple securitizations of more than $1 billion of solar loans
- Representation of investment bank in connection with forward flow purchases of $2 billion of solar loans
- Representation of investment platform in credit facility backed by solar leases
- Representation of a major bank as derivative provider in connection with numerous structured finance transactions
- Representation of major banks in connection with the purchase and financing of home improvement loans
- Representation of major banks in connection with the purchase, financing, and securitization of student loans
- Representation of investment funds in connection with credit facilities financing agency mortgage loans
Practice Focus
- Asset Securitization
- Banking and Financial Services
- Commercial Loans
- Commercial Paper and Bank-Financed Transactions
- Consumer Loans
- Corporate Debt Repackaging Securities
- Credit Card Receivables
- Derivatives Transactions
- Equipment Finance Receivables
- Esoteric Assets and Emerging Asset Classes
- Fintech and Marketplace Lending
- Mortgage and Home Equity Lending
- Mortgage-Backed Securities
- Motor Vehicle Loans, Leases, and Floorplan Receivables
- Real Estate
- Renewable Energy
- Renewable Energy Assets
- Student Loans and Education Finance
- Swaps, Derivatives and Synthetic Structures
Admitted
New York
Education
Duke University School of Law, J.D., 2006
Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations, B.S., 2003
Insights
Publications
Presentations
- Panelist, “Securitizating Solar: Let There Be Light,” Investors’ Conference on Solar and PACE Investing, May 25, 2021
- Panelist, “Improving Marketplace Lending Liquidity and the Role of Securitization,” Investors’ Conference on Marketplace Lending, December 1, 2017