James Croke

Jim was previously a structured finance/banking partner at Chapman & Cutler, Orrick, Herrington, Cadwalader, and Hunton & Williams. Throughout his career, he served as counsel to underwriters and issuers in U.S. and global public offerings and private placements. Jim has been a member of the board of directors of the American Securitization Forum and a faculty member of the Practicing Law Institute. He has written and lectured on a variety of topics regarding legal and regulatory issues and annually served as a guest lecturer regarding U.S. corporate and finance law at The Universidad Panamericana in Guadalajara, Mexico. Jim practiced U.S. law in London from 1999 – 2004, as the head of Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP’s London capital markets department. Jim earned his undergraduate degree in Mathematics from the University of Kentucky and his J.D. degree from the University of Notre Dame Law School.