Anna Dodson, a partner in the Business Law Department, specializes in securitization and structured finance. Ms. Dodson’s experience includes broad familiarity with cash, synthetic and hybrid CDOs and asset-backed securities, and the issues and priorities of originators, servicers and managers. She is familiar with a broad range of asset classes and the issues arising in the acquisition financing context. Ms. Dodson’s financing practice has focused on debt investments up and down the capital structure – from junior capital investments to senior syndicated facilities – and across the company life cycle, including opportunistic and distressed investments, recaps, buy-outs, restructurings and debtor-in-possession facilities.

Work for Clients

Ms. Dodson has represented investment managers in a range of cash and synthetic CDOs and CLOs, including mezzanine CLOs, cash and synthetic high grade ABS CDOs and long/short mezzanine ABS CDOs. She has represented originators and servicers, including equipment receivables ABS issuances, warehousing facilities and other securitization programs. Ms. Dodson’s recent transactions include representations of investment managers in synthetic and hybrid CDOs.

Ms. Dodson has also represented lenders and institutional investors in a broad range of debt financings, recently focusing on junior capital, opportunistic investments and other highly leveraged transactions. In addition, she has represented numerous issuers in the placement of senior and junior debt, including acquisition financings for asset management firms. Ms. Dodson also represents managers in leveraging funds through warehouse facilities, CLOs and other structures that are responsive to investors’ priorities, including on UBTI and ECI concerns.

Professional Activities

Ms. Dodson is a member of the American, Boston and New York Bar Associations. She serves on the firm's Opinion Committee, Pro Bono Committee and Diversity Committee.

Bar and Court Admissions

Ms. Dodson is a member of the New York and Massachusetts bars.

Honors and Awards

Ms. Dodson is a recipient of the 2004 John Adams and John Quincy Adams Pro Bono Publico Award - given by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court - for providing volunteer legal services to poor and disadvantaged citizens in Massachusetts. She is also a recipient of the 2004 Robert B. Fraser Pro Bono Award, given annually by Goodwin Procter.

Education

J.D., Duke School of Law, 1997
M.A.L.D., Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy, 1992
B.A., Wellesley College, 1989