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Steven M. Wagner is counsel to the firm’s Corporate Restructuring Practice Group. Before joining the firm, Steven was vice president and assistant general Counsel with J.P. Morgan Trust Company, National Association and senior counsel with Bank One Corporation.
His practice focuses on counseling clients on all aspects of corporate and institutional trust matters for financial institutions, including trust indentures, escrow and agency relationships. His practice includes negotiation of new trust indenture, escrow and agency agreements and services for extraordinary events for existing relationships, including regulatory and compliance matters, and bankruptcy and restructurings. Steve has extensive experience dealing with all aspects of the corporate trust, escrow and agency business. He has participated in several corporate trust business acquisitions and account transitions.
In General. Steve received his J.D. degree, with distinction, from The John Marshall Law School in 1979 and his bachelor's degree in economics from Eastern Illinois University in 1976.
Professional Activities and Presentations
Cannon Financial Institute, presentations to Advanced Corporate Trust School, March 20, 2007 and July 25, 2006; presentations to Corporate Trust School, February 1, 2007 and January 25, 2006.
American Bar Association, Section of Business Law, Committee on Trust Indentures and Indenture Trustees, Model Negotiated Covenants and Related Definitions, 61 The Business Lawyer 1439 (August 2006) (committee participation).
Bond Enhancement Letters of Credit presentation to the IFSA Foundation, October 22, 2004.
National Association of Bond Lawyers, Opinion and Documents Committee, Bond Attorneys' Workshop panelist, Commercial law Issues in Public Finance - UCC Article 9 Revisions, September 20-22, 2000; December 3-5, 2001; September 18-20, 2002.
ABA Business Law Section, Ad Hoc Committee for Revision of the 1983 Model Simplified Indenture, Revised Model Simplified Indenture, 55 The Business Lawyer 1115 (May 2000) (cited for significant contribution).
National Association of Bond Lawyers, Opinion and Documents Committee, participation in drafting and publication of its Form Indenture and Commentary project, published in 2000 at the NABL Web site (www.nabl.org ).
Proposed Revisions for UCC Article 9: Considerations for Corporate Trustees presentation to the Illinois Corporate Fiduciaries Association November 18, 1999.
Equity Hybrid Securities presentation at The ABA National Corporate Trust Workshop, June 15, 1999.
FELINE PRIDES presentation to the Illinois Corporate Fiduciaries Association, November 18, 1998.
Great Expectations: A Rating Agency's View of the Trustee's Role in an Asset-Backed Transaction and a Trustee's Perspective presentation at The ABA National Corporate Trust Workshop, June 4, 1996.
Who Will Guard Collateral When the Deal Goes Bad? Managing the Trustee and Investor Relationship; presentation to The Fabozzi Second Annual Investors' and Issuers' Forum on Asset Securitization, February 6, 1996.
A Discussion of the Default Provisions in Pooling and Servicing Agreements for asset and Mortgage Backed Securities Transactions; presentation to the Illinois Corporate Fiduciaries Association March 16, 1995.
Various assignments for the American Bankers Association Corporate Trust Committee, including participation on the backup servicing task force, analysis of assignee liability and predatory lending, preparation of structured finance services position statement, and preparation of amicus declaration in the Holmes Harbor civil litigation. | 