Martin Fingerhut

1971, Ontario

of the American College of Commercial Finance Lawyers in 1998 and was President of the College for the 2010-2011 term. Martin was elected to Governing Committee of the Conference on Consumer Finance Law in 2012. He is an executive director of the Association of Commercial Finance Attorneys and the treasurer, a member of the Executive Committee and a director of Special Olympics Canada.

Media Appearances

· Quoted - "Covered Bond Legislation Included in Canadian Govt. Budget," Covered Bond Investor, June 25, 2010

· Quoted - "Debate Slows TALF's Canadian Twin," Asset-Backed Alert, April 3, 2009

· Quoted - "Tax Treaty May Open up U.S. ABS to Northern Neighbours," Total Securitization, November 14, 2008

· Quoted - "Royal Bank Pitches Canadian Paper to Fidelity as Demand Tumbles," Bloomberg.com, July 3, 2008

· Quoted - "Elimination of Withholding Tax," Asset-Backed Alert, September 21, 2007

· Quoted - "Canada Close to Cutting Interest Tax," Article by Karen Sibayan, Asset Securitization Report, March 26, 2007

· Quoted - "An End to Canadian Withholding Tax?," Asset-Backed Alert, March 23, 2007

· Quoted - "Federal Budget Delivers the Goods for Bond Buyers and Sellers," Article by Harry Koza, The Globe and Mail, March 23, 2007

Publications

· Author - "Northern Comfort...Cross-Border Factoring of Canadian Receivables," abfjournal.com, April 2010

· Co-author - "Canadian Federal Budget Announces Structured Finance Developments," March 2010

· Co-author - "Canadian Government Launches Consultation Process to Support Vehicle and Equipment Term ABS," February 2009

· Author - "Canadian Government to Support Vehicle and Equipment ABS," February 2009

· Author - "Create New Opportunities to Securitize Canadian Receivables," Global ABS Daily Gazette, June 3, 2008

· Co-author - "New Opportunities to Securitize Canadian Interest-Bearing Receivables," The International Law Office Newsletter, November 20, 2007

· Co-author - "Implications of the Impending Elimination of Canadian Withholding Tax on Interest Payments," ACC Docket, September 2007

· Author - "Potential Changes in the Canadian Market," Credit Suisse Asset-Backed Commercial Paper Newsletter, March 30, 2007

· Author - "Implications of the Impending Elimination of Withholding Tax on Interest Payments between the US and Canada," Asset Securitization Report (Daily), January 29, 2007

Recent Professional Activities

· Moderator - "Securitization Lenders and the New Regime," Association of Commercial Finance Attorneys, New York, NY, October 2010

· Speaker - "Covered Bond Experience in North America," American Bar Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, August 2010

· Speaker - "US Financial Reform Legislation," American Bar Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, August 2010

· Speaker - Impact of IFRS on Securitization," American Bar Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, August 2010

· Moderator - "State of the Canadian and International Securitization Market: Where do we go from here?," Canadian Structured Finance Forum, Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON, June 2010

· Speaker - "Securitization: Regulatory Developments," Association of Commercial Finance Attorneys Annual Continuing Legal Education Workshop; Hamburg, NJ, May 2010

· Chair and Moderator - "DIP Securitization and Financings: What are They and How Do They Work?," American Bar Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, August 2009

· Moderator and Speaker - "State of the Canadian and International Securitization Market," 12th Annual Canadian Structured Finance Forum, Banff, AB, June 2009

· Speaker - "Introduction to Canadian Banking for U.S. Banking Lawyers," American Bar Association Spring Meeting, Vancouver, BC, April 2009

· Speaker - "Re-Regulation of Consumer Financial Services - Are we Condemned to Repeat Mistakes of the Past," American Bar Association Spring Meeting, Vancouver, BC, April 2009

· Moderator and Speaker - "Anatomy of a Canadian/US Cross-Border Securitization Transaction," American Bar Association Spring Meeting, Vancouver, BC, April 2009

· Speaker - "Exploring Cross-Border Lending: Is it Alive and Well?," Canadian Institute - Commercial Loan Finance & Security Conference, Toronto, ON, March 2009

· Moderator/Speaker - "Legal Framework for Covered Bonds," Second Annual Covered Bonds Forum, Toronto, ON, February 2009

· Speaker - "Canadian Securitization Market Overview," 2009 American Securitization Forum Conference, Las Vegas, NV, February 2009

· Participant - "Canada Tackles the Credit Freeze," American Securitization Journal Roundtable, Las Vegas, NV, February 2009

· Moderator and Panellist - "Wheel of Misfortune," Annual Continuing Legal Education Workshop of the Association of Commercial Finance Attorneys, Cambridge, MD, May 2008

· Moderator - "Cross-Border Securitization Panel," American Securitization Forum Winter Industry Conference, Las Vegas, NV, February 2008

· Co-chair and Speaker - "Legal Framework for Covered Bonds," Covered Bonds Conference, Toronto, ON, January 2008

· Editor - "Doing Business in Canada," PLC/Lex Mundi Handbook, 2008

· Editor - "Doing Business in Canada: Ontario," PLC/Lex Mundi Handbook, 2008

· Speaker - "Cross-Border Securitization Introduction to Securitization Conference," Institute for International Research, San Francisco, CA, October 2007

· Speaker - "International and Cross-Border Developments," Insight Fixed Income Conference, Toronto, ON, October 2007

· Moderator - "Year in Review and What's Ahead," CSMA-Canada 4th Annual Conference, Toronto, ON, October 2007

· Speaker - "ABCs of Securitization," American Bar Association, Washington, DC, June 2007

· Speaker - "Implications of Withholding Tax Repeal," Insight 10th Annual Asset Securitization Forum, Whistler, BC, June 2007

· Moderator - "Three Key Issues - Planning for the Future," Insight 10th Annual Asset Securitization Forum, Whistler, BC, June 2007

· Speaker - "Introduction to Securitization Conference," Institute for International Research, New York, NY, April 2007

· Speaker - "Canada-US and Provincial-Federal Issues in Cross-Border Financing," Committee on Foreign & Comparative Law, New York City Bar Association, April 2007

· Moderator/Speaker - "Current Developments in Securitization and the UN Convention on the Assignments of Receivables in International Trade," Spring Meeting of Business Section of American Bar Association, Washington, DC, March 2007

· Speaker - "Update on Canadian Secured Transactions/Securitization Developments," Spring Meeting of Business Section of American Bar Association, Washington, DC, March 2007

· Moderator - "Developments in Canadian PPP Financing," Spring Meeting of Business Section of American Bar Association, Washington, DC, March 2007

· Moderator & Speaker - "Canadian Securitization Market Review," American Securitization Forum, Las Vegas, NV, January 2007

Achievements

· Martindale-Hubbell, AV Preeminent™ rating

· Who's Who Legal: Canada (Banking; Capital Markets)

· Chambers Global (Banking and Finance: Securitization)

· The Best Lawyers in Canada (Banking & Finance Law; Equipment Finance Law; Securities Law; Structured Finance Law)

· Lexpert/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada (Asset Securitization)

· Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory (Asset Securitization; Asset Equipment Finance/Leasing)

· Legal Media Group's Guide to the World's Leading Banking Lawyers, Guide to the World's Leading Structured Finance and Securitization Lawyers and Guide to the World's Leading Capital Markets Lawyers

Associations

· American Bar Association

· Canadian Bar Association

· International Bar Association

· Ontario Bar Association

Publications, Newsletters and Articles

The Standard Form Trap

Know your Limits - Enforcing Mortgage Guarantees

Pro Bono/Community Involvement

· Director, Special Olympics Canada