Stephen Kudenholdt is chair of SNR Denton US LLP's Capital Markets Practice. His areas of practice include residential and commercial mortgage-backed securities, and other asset-backed securities, primarily focusing on residential mortgage loan securitization as well as resecuritization transactions involving various classes of mortgage-backed securities.
Mr. Kudenholdt has helped develop many transaction structures and formats that have become industry standards, including shifting interest subordination techniques. He represents issuers, underwriters, loan sellers and other entities in public offerings and private placements. Mr. Kudenholdt's recent transactional work includes representing both issuers and underwriters in the securitization of distressed assets by federal agencies.
Recently, Mr. Kudenholdt served as counsel to the American Securitization Forum in the preparation of their comment letter addressing proposed regulations for risk retention. Mr. Kudenholdt has served as a member of the Board of Directors of the American Securitization Forum. Mr. Kudenholdt is a frequent writer and public speaker on regulatory developments affecting securitizations.
Mr. Kudenholdt was formerly with the law firm of Thacher Proffitt & Wood LLP.