Frederick L Feldkamp

Frederick L. Feldkamp is a partner of Foley & Lardner LLP. In 1973, Mr. Feldkamp provided the legal basis for Foley & Lardner's pioneering bankruptcy opinion that permitted issuance of America's first rated private mortgage-backed security in the post-Depression era. Throughout the years, he has provided legal advice to support numerous securitization innovations, including sponsorship of the largest non-bank financial-institution reorganization in Japan (2000) (creating the largest foreign...See more

Frederick L. Feldkamp is a partner of Foley & Lardner LLP. In 1973, Mr. Feldkamp provided the legal basis for Foley & Lardner's pioneering bankruptcy opinion that permitted issuance of America's first rated private mortgage-backed security in the post-Depression era. Throughout the years, he has provided legal advice to support numerous securitization innovations, including sponsorship of the largest non-bank financial-institution reorganization in Japan (2000) (creating the largest foreign-owned mortgage service firm in Japan); utility transition securities, including the largest ABS offering of 1998; and the first private collateralized mortgage obligation (1983). In addition to numerous publications, he was the legal advisor for the audit guidance that applies to the legal opinions required to support accounting sale treatment for the transfer of financial assets by U.S. reporting firms. Mr. Feldkamp has presented numerous speeches on U.S. securitization issues for the American Law Institute, The World Bank, the People's Republic of China, and for banks, investment banks, and banking and other regulatory groups in the U.S. and in countries throughout Asia. Mr. Feldkamp graduated from The University of Michigan (J.D., magna cum laude, Order of the Coif, 1971; A.B., economics, with distinction, 1968) and was a student fellow on the Research Seminar in Quantitative Economics. See less