Bio

Kenda Tomes is a strong and efficient advocate for her servicing and lending clients coming up with creative, practical and reasonable solutions in the complex world of structured finance and securitization. Kenda has spent more than a decade as the lead of the firm’s Structured Finance and Securitization practice and is experienced in the full range of structured finance transactions. Commercial loan servicers, banks and investors rely on Kenda to structure and advise them in connection with all aspects of conduit and single asset single borrower loan financing, servicing and lending programs, including new issuance structured finance transactions. In 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018, respectively, Kenda and her group successfully closed over $65 billion, $38 billion, $32.5 billion and $25 billion in transactions involving new issuance of commercial mortgage backed securities backed by conduit loans and single asset single borrower loans. Kenda was selected to Ingram's Magazine's 2019 class of Rainmakers, which recognized top-producing women in the Kansas City legal industry. Kenda advises clients in connection with securities laws and regulations, including Regulation AB, Regulation 17g-5, Regulation 15Ga-1. She advises clients regarding master repurchase and participation facilities, agency transactions and structuring client portfolio servicing facilities. Kenda also has deep experience counseling servicers and CMBS trusts in complex loan modifications, liquidations, workouts, foreclosures and related asset management and servicing issues. Her team assists lenders with loan origination, mezzanine and bridge loan financing, loan assumptions, defeasance transactions and other post closing transactions. Her team also advises clients in connection tax issues, securities and exchange act issues.